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<title><![CDATA[Patrick Hruby Monthly RSS]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Man For The Job]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/47668524</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:10:44 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/47668524</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For years, former Jets doctor Elliot Pellman tried to stand in the way of concussion research progress ... while he chaired the NFL's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. Six years after resigning amid criticism, why is he still working with the NFL?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For years, former Jets doctor Elliot Pellman tried to stand in the way of concussion research progress ... while he chaired the NFL's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. Six years after resigning amid criticism, why is he still working with the NFL?]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Nickname Math That Will NEVER Add Up]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/dan-snyders-redskins-nickname/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:35:37 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/dan-snyders-redskins-nickname/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dan Snyder's Redskins math will NEVER add up.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dan Snyder can yell all he wants about how the Washington Redskins' nickname won't change, but the math says otherwise. If the franchise loses a trademark suit, go ahead and start thinking of alternative names, because too much money is at stake.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Faith Hill and 'Next Man Up' America]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/faith-hill-carrie-underwood-and-next-man-up-america/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:59:02 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/faith-hill-carrie-underwood-and-next-man-up-america/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Like Faith Hill on SNF, we're all replaceable.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[NBC announced Monday that Faith Hill was out at "Sunday Night Football," and Carrie Underwood was in. The two are more or less indistinguishable... except that Underwood is 15 years younger. This is how modern America works, and not just in sports.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Serena Is Not the Mentoring Type]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/serena-williams-and-sloane-stephens-what-else-would-you-expect/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:31:35 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/serena-williams-and-sloane-stephens-what-else-would-you-expect/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Serena and Sloane are competitors first (and last).]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens are competitors. Absolutely, 100 percent. But Serena as Obi-Wan Kenobi to Sloane's Luke Skywalker? No one should expect any active competitor to mentor someone with whom they are competing.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[No Cause for Alarm]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/46840282</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 07:56:22 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/46840282</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Monday, USA TODAY Sports reported that Ben McLemore's former AAU coach accepted cash, trips and other benefits to steer the former Kansas guard toward future representation. There are lots of questions, but one thing is clear: The NCAA shouldn't care.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday, USA TODAY Sports reported that Ben McLemore's former AAU coach accepted cash, trips and other benefits to steer the former Kansas guard toward future representation. There are lots of questions, but one thing is clear: The NCAA shouldn't care.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Ridiculous Brain Trauma Comparisons]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-most-ridiculous-thing-ever-said-about-football-related-brain-trauma/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:56:55 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-most-ridiculous-thing-ever-said-about-football-related-brain-trauma/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No, brain injuries are not comparable to knee injuries.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Football makes people say some pretty gobsmacking things. But a quote from a University of Missouri neuropsychologist may be the most ridiculous things yet. In a piece about youth football and cognitive risks, brain damage is compared to &amp;#8230; knee injuries.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[NCAA Laboratories of Hypocrisy]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/46368934</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:08:38 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/46368934</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The anti-NCAA activist can never run out of material. From the Ed O'Bannon case to frequent absurd comments from Mark Emmert, the hypocrisy of big-time college sports is never hard to spot, so we're here to semi-regularly chronicle it.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The anti-NCAA activist can never run out of material. From the Ed O'Bannon case to frequent absurd comments from Mark Emmert, the hypocrisy of big-time college sports is never hard to spot, so we're here to semi-regularly chronicle it.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Truth About 'Heads Up' Football]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/heads-up-what-roger-goodells-youth-football-safety-letter-leaves-out/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:37:44 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/heads-up-what-roger-goodells-youth-football-safety-letter-leaves-out/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What Roger Goodell's youth football letter omits.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell took to the airwaves to promote "Heads Up" football, a youth safety initiative Goodell claims will teach children how to "play the game safely." We imagine what the first, unedited draft of the letter looked like.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Abolish the NFL Draft]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/45700452</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:01:30 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/45700452</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to abolish the National Football League draft.I know what you're thinking: This way lies madness. But the draft is an invention that has outlived its usefulness. Scrapping it would be better for players, teams and fans -- even the ones who adore it.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's time to abolish the National Football League draft.I know what you're thinking: This way lies madness. But the draft is an invention that has outlived its usefulness. Scrapping it would be better for players, teams and fans -- even the ones who adore it.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Herbal Remedy]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/45209696</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:21 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/45209696</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You never live pain-free in sports like football. What if there were a non-addictive drug that would ease that pain without impeding performance? There is, and many are already using it. So why won't the sports world say yes to medical marijuana?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[You never live pain-free in sports like football. What if there were a non-addictive drug that would ease that pain without impeding performance? There is, and many are already using it. So why won't the sports world say yes to medical marijuana?]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[One Foot In Front of the Other]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-boston-marathon-attacks-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:28:47 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-boston-marathon-attacks-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sports fans are spectators in the age of terror.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[One foot in front of the other. So it goes in running, and in life, and so it went at the Boston Marathon, before the horrible white smoke. Hours later, I still can't believe it. Yet a small, nervous part of me can't believe this doesn't happen more often.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Sports and Terror: Q & A with Bill Braniff]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/sports-and-terror-q-and-a-with-bill-braniff/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:50:45 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/sports-and-terror-q-and-a-with-bill-braniff/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When and why terrorists target sporting events.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon, Sports on Earth spoke to Bill Braniff, the executive director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism for insight into terror attacks on sports events.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Failing Economics With Bob Stoops]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/bob-stoops-disingenuous-or-just-plain-dumb/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:55:07 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/bob-stoops-disingenuous-or-just-plain-dumb/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why Bob Stoops' defense of the NCAA doesn't hold water.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In an interview published Wednesday, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops defended the NCAA model with some rather ridiculous statements diminishing the importance of individual players. Perhaps it's time for Stoops to take an econ class.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Unionize College Athletics]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/44209014</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:36:17 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/44209014</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The only people who don't have a voice in college sports are the actual players themselves. It's time for that to change. As everyone else continues to acquire power and money, college athletes need to finally stand up for themselves -- even if it means a strike.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The only people who don't have a voice in college sports are the actual players themselves. It's time for that to change. As everyone else continues to acquire power and money, college athletes need to finally stand up for themselves -- even if it means a strike.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Code of Silence]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43883520</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43883520</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you see something, say nothing. Keep your head down. Protect the status quo. Above all, defer to power and cover for yourself. These are the real, rubber-meets-the-road values of our college sports system, as seen through the lens of the Mike Rice incident.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you see something, say nothing. Keep your head down. Protect the status quo. Above all, defer to power and cover for yourself. These are the real, rubber-meets-the-road values of our college sports system, as seen through the lens of the Mike Rice incident.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Mark Emmert-to-English Translator]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-mark-emmert-to-english-translator/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:15:08 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/the-mark-emmert-to-english-translator/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Translating Mark Emmert's press conference to reality.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[NCAA president Mark Emmert held a pre-Final Four press conference Thursday that was described as "testy," "defiant," a "filibuster" and "one long, sonorous fart noise." Criticism aside, what did the most popular man in college sports actually have to say?]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Mailbag: Change We Should Believe In]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43773922</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:00:32 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43773922</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Your voice has been heard in response to our story about the Gold-Plating of College Sports. College sports and amateurism are divisive, complicated subjects, but we need to recognize that change, while difficult, is necessary.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Your voice has been heard in response to our story about the Gold-Plating of College Sports. College sports and amateurism are divisive, complicated subjects, but we need to recognize that change, while difficult, is necessary.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Myth Of Safe Football]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43419226</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:15:17 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/43419226</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the efforts of the NFL to reduce violent hits are well intentioned, but that doesn't mean they're practical. No matter how much the league tries, hard hits cannot be controlled in a chaotic game.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of the efforts of the NFL to reduce violent hits are well intentioned, but that doesn't mean they're practical. No matter how much the league tries, hard hits cannot be controlled in a chaotic game.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Strictly Business]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/strictly-business/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:27:05 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/strictly-business/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NCAA tournament turns into a business trip in the East.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After the chaos of the first weekend, the focus of the NCAA tournament narrows at the regionals. Nowhere is this more true than the chalk East Regional in Washington, where Indiana and the top four seeds are set to collide on Thursday night.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Time to Unfriend]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/time-to-unfriend/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:04:55 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/time-to-unfriend/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NFL wants a truly tax-free Super Bowl.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[So you have this friend. Fun guy, life of the party, knows a ton about football. Rich, too. But he never splits the tab or buys a round. And now he's petitioning to get out of paying taxes, too -- not just income tax, but sales, payroll, hotel taxes. Your friend is the NFL.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Famous Faces Bracket: The End]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/famous-faces-bracket-the-end/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:11:50 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/famous-faces-bracket-the-end/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wilt battles Obama for the Famous Faces crown.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[All week, we've been breaking down our bracket of famous representatives of NCAA tournament schools. Arbitrary? Yes. But brackets have more fun, so let's finish things off from the Elite 8 to the final. Obama? Wilt? Gibson? Who should take the crown?]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to College Basketball's Zubaz Nation]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/an-open-letter-to-college-basketballs-zubaz-nation/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/an-open-letter-to-college-basketballs-zubaz-nation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This old guy is in love with new college hoops uniforms.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the NCAA tournament getting underway, I just want to say to the teams wearing the new Zubaz-inspired uniforms: love the new look. Love it. Dare I say it's hot? Or even cool? How about fresh? Tight? The bomb-diggity?]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Gold-Plating of College Sports]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42924176</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:00:41 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42924176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If amateurism is the big lie of college athletics, then the notion that college sports will collapse if revenue-producing athletes receive more money is uncut malarkey. To understand why, let's crunch the numbers -- starting with the salaries of Athletic Directors.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[If amateurism is the big lie of college athletics, then the notion that college sports will collapse if revenue-producing athletes receive more money is uncut malarkey. To understand why, let's crunch the numbers -- starting with the salaries of Athletic Directors.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[March Madness Glossary]]></title>
<link>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/march-madness-glossary/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:53:02 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://therotation.sportsonearthblog.com/march-madness-glossary/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[March Madness deciphered, from ACC to Zubaz.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For casual college hoops fans, the NCAA tournament can be a confusing time, filled with obscure terms and slang phrases (even those who follow it closely may not get catch everything). But we got your back with our definitive A-Z guide. Read and learn.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Price of Right]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42640844</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:00:37 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42640844</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Washington Redskins continue to insist that the team's 80-year-old nickname is rooted in pride and tradition. But don't let them fool you. This is about money. Specifically, Dan Snyder's money. Just how much of it is at stake? Let's take a long, close look.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Washington Redskins continue to insist that the team's 80-year-old nickname is rooted in pride and tradition. But don't let them fool you. This is about money. Specifically, Dan Snyder's money. Just how much of it is at stake? Let's take a long, close look.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Smoking Gun]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42312586</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:15:52 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42312586</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Texas Motor Speedway claims its newly titled NRA 500 NASCAR race has nothing to do with politics. Nope, of course not. Nothing at all. In reality, the decision to take money from the NRA in exchange for exposure sends a clear, misguided political message.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Texas Motor Speedway claims its newly titled NRA 500 NASCAR race has nothing to do with politics. Nope, of course not. Nothing at all. In reality, the decision to take money from the NRA in exchange for exposure sends a clear, misguided political message.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Do You Like Girls?]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42125102</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:34:45 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42125102</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the column. Before we begin, however, I have a question. Do you like girls? I really do need to know. Somehow, some way, it might affect your enjoyment of what I'm about to type. I need every last possible scrap of information.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to the column. Before we begin, however, I have a question. Do you like girls? I really do need to know. Somehow, some way, it might affect your enjoyment of what I'm about to type. I need every last possible scrap of information.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Wouldn't NBA Players Use PEDs?]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41666640</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:23:39 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41666640</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite positive drug tests like Hedo Turkoglu's this week, the NBA doesn't have a performance-enhancing drug problem. So says commissioner David Stern, at least, since steroids don't help basketball players. Should we believe that? In a word: no.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite positive drug tests like Hedo Turkoglu's this week, the NBA doesn't have a performance-enhancing drug problem. So says commissioner David Stern, at least, since steroids don't help basketball players. Should we believe that? In a word: no.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The NFL: Forever Backward]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41492872</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:08:48 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41492872</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NFL's ad about player safety is like the league's approach to brain trauma. Dishonest. Conflicted. At odds with reality. And even now, more concerned with the health and well-being of the sport than the health and well-being of the people who play it.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The NFL's ad about player safety is like the league's approach to brain trauma. Dishonest. Conflicted. At odds with reality. And even now, more concerned with the health and well-being of the sport than the health and well-being of the people who play it.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Print the Legend]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40999508</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:35:07 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40999508</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The problem with real life is that sometimes the truth gets in the way of a great story. Lance Armstrong was such a comforting fable. Manti Te'o was another. Strong and brave, they both conquered adversity, just like we want our athletes to do.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The problem with real life is that sometimes the truth gets in the way of a great story. Lance Armstrong was such a comforting fable. Manti Te'o was another. Strong and brave, they both conquered adversity, just like we want our athletes to do.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Head Games]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40980196</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:42 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40980196</guid>
<description><![CDATA[While football at every level is struggling with the issue of brain trauma, the college game&rsquo;s response has been to do &hellip; well, not a whole lot. No systemic effort to reduce injury risk. No comprehensive concussion diagnosis and treatment protocol. It's time to take action.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[While football at every level is struggling with the issue of brain trauma, the college game&amp;rsquo;s response has been to do &amp;hellip; well, not a whole lot. No systemic effort to reduce injury risk. No comprehensive concussion diagnosis and treatment protocol. It's time to take action.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Abandon All Reason]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40869042</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:06:19 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40869042</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III probably shouldn&rsquo;t have been upright, let alone playing, when he re-injured his knee in Sunday's wild-card loss to Seattle. But the rules of the game are more to blame than the individuals involved.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III probably shouldn&amp;rsquo;t have been upright, let alone playing, when he re-injured his knee in Sunday's wild-card loss to Seattle. But the rules of the game are more to blame than the individuals involved.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Memorably Unmemorable]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40811174</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:53 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40811174</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One flubbed Wizards fast break may have been unremarkable. But it served as a much-needed corrective, a reminder that much of what happens in any given sports year -- most of what happens, actually -- is ordinary, small-scale and everyday, and tends to end badly.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[One flubbed Wizards fast break may have been unremarkable. But it served as a much-needed corrective, a reminder that much of what happens in any given sports year -- most of what happens, actually -- is ordinary, small-scale and everyday, and tends to end badly.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Bad Checks]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40769854</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:11:54 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40769854</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ohio State now 'strongly encourages' student athletes to allow school officials to monitor their bank accounts. And that's not the half of colleges' insane invasions of their athletes' privacy -- all in the name of preserving amateurism. And to what end?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ohio State now 'strongly encourages' student athletes to allow school officials to monitor their bank accounts. And that's not the half of colleges' insane invasions of their athletes' privacy -- all in the name of preserving amateurism. And to what end?]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Maintaining Appearances]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40628020</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:07 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40628020</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Largely lost in the instant analysis of the Saints bounty scandal is the actual heart of the matter. Bountygate is and will always be about the NFL&rsquo;s ongoing, increasingly strained efforts to make football&rsquo;s inherent violence palatable.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Largely lost in the instant analysis of the Saints bounty scandal is the actual heart of the matter. Bountygate is and will always be about the NFL&amp;rsquo;s ongoing, increasingly strained efforts to make football&amp;rsquo;s inherent violence palatable.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's Eliminate Sports Welfare]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40595178</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:02:09 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40595178</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Want to stop the fiscal cliff from advancing? Cut welfare to sports teams and leagues. From the Marlins to the NFL, owners and "non-profit" CEOs are creating tax burdens, both at the federal and local level. Let's make them pay up.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Want to stop the fiscal cliff from advancing? Cut welfare to sports teams and leagues. From the Marlins to the NFL, owners and "non-profit" CEOs are creating tax burdens, both at the federal and local level. Let's make them pay up.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking for an Edge]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40491540</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:19 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40491540</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As mental stimulants such as Adderall become more available, will taking them become commonplace? The reports of NFL and MLB players using ADHD medication to create a competitive edge may not be surprising... but what if those were your co-workers?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[As mental stimulants such as Adderall become more available, will taking them become commonplace? The reports of NFL and MLB players using ADHD medication to create a competitive edge may not be surprising... but what if those were your co-workers?]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Amateur Hour]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40374506</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:44:57 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40374506</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even by the wheezing standards of NCAA jurisprudence, the opening weeks of the college basketball season have been absurd, and the situations of Shabazz Muhammad and others should make us further ponder the problems with amateurism.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Even by the wheezing standards of NCAA jurisprudence, the opening weeks of the college basketball season have been absurd, and the situations of Shabazz Muhammad and others should make us further ponder the problems with amateurism.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Long Con]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40293150</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:08:36 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40293150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Loria, have you looked at your new Miami Marlins roster? Do you actually live in Miami? Do you actually watch baseball? Have you noticed that your previous history as a Major League Baseball owner is an uncanny predictor of how you&rsquo;ve acted in the last few days?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeffrey Loria, have you looked at your new Miami Marlins roster? Do you actually live in Miami? Do you actually watch baseball? Have you noticed that your previous history as a Major League Baseball owner is an uncanny predictor of how you&amp;rsquo;ve acted in the last few days?]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Electoral College Gameday]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40154264</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:52:12 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40154264</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An Ohio State victory. A Romney triumph. Ohio voters -- Ohio Republicans -- can only pick one. Ridiculous thought exercise? Gimmicky election-pegged column conceit? If a recent paper published by a trio of economists is right, think again.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Ohio State victory. A Romney triumph. Ohio voters -- Ohio Republicans -- can only pick one. Ridiculous thought exercise? Gimmicky election-pegged column conceit? If a recent paper published by a trio of economists is right, think again.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[We Should Have Known Better]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39977734</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:59:01 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39977734</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone is angry at Lance Armstrong. But his greatest sin wasn't doping or lying or even being a bully. No, Armstrong's greatest sin was being human. He was on drugs and and the signs were plentiful and obvious. We were the ones who were delusional.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone is angry at Lance Armstrong. But his greatest sin wasn't doping or lying or even being a bully. No, Armstrong's greatest sin was being human. He was on drugs and and the signs were plentiful and obvious. We were the ones who were delusional.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Twist of Fate]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39773124</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:06:09 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39773124</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great news, bitter and anonymous GMs: The defending champion Cardinals pulled off a stunning comeback to win Game 5 of the NLDS on Friday and send the Nationals down, in flames no less. This is exactly what you wanted. Happy now?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Great news, bitter and anonymous GMs: The defending champion Cardinals pulled off a stunning comeback to win Game 5 of the NLDS on Friday and send the Nationals down, in flames no less. This is exactly what you wanted. Happy now?]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington's Day For Baseball]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39690950</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:04:47 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39690950</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The long wait was finally over. Sure, it would've been nice if the Nationals had won the city's first home baseball playoff game in 79 years on Wednesday. But for one day, at least, most people were just happy to be at Nationals Park in October.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The long wait was finally over. Sure, it would've been nice if the Nationals had won the city's first home baseball playoff game in 79 years on Wednesday. But for one day, at least, most people were just happy to be at Nationals Park in October.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Hail to the Chiefs]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39017626</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39017626</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Every four years, the nation&rsquo;s capital is consumed by the race for the presidency. But for the first time since 1933, the Nationals have given pundits and politicians alike a second pennant chase to obsess over. Call it a bipartisan success story.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every four years, the nation&amp;rsquo;s capital is consumed by the race for the presidency. But for the first time since 1933, the Nationals have given pundits and politicians alike a second pennant chase to obsess over. Call it a bipartisan success story.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Money Talks]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38989360</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38989360</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NFL could have made this referee debacle go away by giving up the equivalent of a found $20 bill in the laundry. Instead, it dug in, leading to chaos on the field and off. And the league still seems willfully oblivious. What gives? I have a theory.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The NFL could have made this referee debacle go away by giving up the equivalent of a found $20 bill in the laundry. Instead, it dug in, leading to chaos on the field and off. And the league still seems willfully oblivious. What gives? I have a theory.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheap? Maybe. Wrong? Nope.]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38607796</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:12:28 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38607796</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greg Schiano has taken heat for directing his defensive players to rush the quarterback on a kneel-down against the Giants on Sunday. Yes, the move may have been rotten, but he didn't break any rules, and frankly, I kind of admire the guy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greg Schiano has taken heat for directing his defensive players to rush the quarterback on a kneel-down against the Giants on Sunday. Yes, the move may have been rotten, but he didn't break any rules, and frankly, I kind of admire the guy.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Game Over]]></title>
<link>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/37580666</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/37580666</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve slowly found myself worrying more about the dangerous effects of football and enjoying the game itself less. I&rsquo;ve come to feel that seeing people ruin themselves for entertainment&rsquo;s sake isn&rsquo;t just sordid. It&rsquo;s ghoulish. So this fall, I won&rsquo;t be watching anymore.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&amp;rsquo;ve slowly found myself worrying more about the dangerous effects of football and enjoying the game itself less. I&amp;rsquo;ve come to feel that seeing people ruin themselves for entertainment&amp;rsquo;s sake isn&amp;rsquo;t just sordid. It&amp;rsquo;s ghoulish. So this fall, I won&amp;rsquo;t be watching anymore.]]></content:encoded>
<dc:creator>Patrick Hruby</dc:creator>
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