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“Once, the American Left told itself that it spoke truth to power,” Joel Pollak writes in his new book. “Today it cannot even speak the truth itself.”

The Daily Beast sent a reporter to Rio to cover the games athletes play in the bedroom rather than the ones they play on the track, field, court, and course. They won a gold medal in peeping-tom journalism.

Charlie Finley’s Oakland A’s played as one of two MLB teams to three-peat in the last six decades. But those Athletics remain characterized as much by their eccentricities as their victories. Nancy Finley captures the quirky character of the green-and-gold in Finley Ball: How Two Outsiders Turned the Oakland A’s Into a Dynasty and Changed the Game Forever.

Dirk Van Tichelt won the bronze medal in judo on Monday afternoon in the 161-pound division. On Monday night, a Brazilian punched him in the face.

The organizers of the Rio Olympics rushed to obtain new Chinese flags after spectators spotted slightly-altered imitations flying at the Rio Games.

When the smartest man in the NFL talks, people listen. Unless he talks about abortions targeting African Americans. In that case, listen to the crickets.

The opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympics worked as a terrific distraction. Brazil suffers through its worst economy since the 1930s. Its president faces impeachment. And the murder rate bests (worsts?) every nation’s on the planet. But the most populous country in the Southern Hemisphere can really put on a show.

Just because you pay high ticket prices does not entitle you to say low things to the umpire. At least Bob Davidson sees it that way.

LeBron James brought Cleveland its first major sports championship since Jim Brown in June. Next up, he plans to catch up to another sports legend.

The world’s fastest man and the world’s couch potatoes share something in common.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman wrote the response to pseudo-scientific cranks in Congress that needed to come from Roger Goodell’s Remington-Rand five years ago.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke out against Donald Trump’s plans to restrict immigration by praising a slain Muslim immigrant U.S. Army officer at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver citing the league’s “business judgment,” rather than a high-minded civic purpose, as the reason he pulled the All-Star Game from Charlotte provoked a rebuke Thursday from 17 House members.

A North Carolina congressman accuses the NBA of hypocrisy for pulling their 2017 All-Star Game from North Carolina but pursuing preseason games in China.

Assessing Michael Jordan by his activism strikes as a massive category mistake on par with assessing Black Lives Matter leader Shaun King on whether he can dunk.

The NFL believes Peyton Manning did not use performance-enhancing drugs.

The White Sox tossed Chris Sale a curve on uniforms. He threw a cutter back at them.

The Chicago White Sox wanted players to wear their 1976 collared jerseys. Chris Sale didn’t. Saturday’s starting pitcher didn’t let the team don the distinctive blue-collared pullovers, so the White Sox didn’t let him pitch.

The PGA of America threatened North Carolina with a boycott the state if it does not overturn House Bill 2.

The NBA announced its decision on Thursday to move its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte because of a North Carolina law that restricts multiple-person public bathrooms on government property to those matching the biological sex indicated on the entrances.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants to add. San Diego Padres hitting coach Mark McGwire says he prefers to subtract.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency informed the UFC that Brock Lesnar failed a drug test on the night he fought Mark Hunt.

Dana White can promote a fight. He can also promote a candidate.

Johnny Manziel took to Twitter and Instagram to help repair a reputation sullied in part by Twitter and Instagram advertising his off-field exploits.

Deontay Wilder delivered Budweiser to bars and pancakes to tables not too long ago. This weekend, he delivered pain.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar of a potential anti-doping violation.

Tom Brady announced via social media that he does not plan to appeal the decision upholding his four-game suspension to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Only you can prevent forest fires. Or, as they say in Joinville, Brazil: Somente você pode prevenir incêndios florestais.

It’s neither the taxes nor the exchange rate that bothers J.A. Happ about Canada. It’s the milk.

ESPN fired Curt Schilling for giving his political opinion. The Worldwide Leader in Hypocrisy begged LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, and Carmelo Anthony to give theirs.

A Canadian quartet-turned-trio suspended a member of their singing group after changing the lyrics of the Canadian national anthem during the All-Star Game.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a Tom Brady attempt to reverse a decision by a three-judge panel siding with the NFL.

ESPN provides Barack Obama with an hour-long, commercial-free commercial for free that advertises the president’s views on race this Thursday in primetime.

The Cleveland Browns call running back Isaiah Crowell’s apology for posting a drawing of an ISIS- or ninja-like character slashing the throat of a policeman “insufficient.”

Four Minneapolis police officers walked off the job at the Target Center in Minneapolis in response to Minnesota Lynx players wearing Black Lives Matters shirts during warmups.

A Cleveland Browns running back posted an image of a masked man slashing the throat of a police officer.