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Denny Medley/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Kansas City Royals' Huge Appeal
The team's run to the World Series has all the attributes of a great American comeback story.
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Casey Rodgers/AP The Great American Gambling Boom
A new twist on fantasy sports may enable betting on a scale the country's never seen before.
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Disney The Big (Boring) Trend in Sports Movies: Not Showing Sports
Million Dollar Arm is the latest in a crop of films about guys who work in athletics, but whose fates have nothing to do with what happens on the field.
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Hampton Stevens 18 Bands to Check Out From South by Southwest 2014
From punk screamers to electronic pranksters, these acts justified their buzz—or sparked some.
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Chris O'Meara / AP Peyton Manning: The Sad Face of Super Bowl XLVIII
Despite a masterful performance by the Seahawks' defense, this Super Bowl will likely be remembered as a loss for Manning more than a victory for Seattle.
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AP The Case For an Awesome, Old-School, Cold-Weather Super Bowl
Yes, icy conditions could put some of this year's festivities in jeopardy—but they could also strip the game down to its gutsiest, sloppiest, most gloriously determination-testing form.
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AP No, the Kansas City Chiefs Aren't a 'Lucky' Undefeated Team
Pundits attribute their 9-0 season to an easy schedule and their opponents' poor offense instead of recognizing what's actually become an impressively capable team.
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AP Andrew Wiggins Isn't the New LeBron James (Yet)
The highly touted Kansas freshman has been compared to NBA greats, but he has yet to play a college game—and other, less-hyped recruits may prove more valuable.
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The Ultimate American Movie Trope: A Road Trip in a Motorhome
Campers and RVs make for great settings in comedies, but they're also potent symbols of our national character.
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The MLS All-Star Game: A Loss for the All-Stars, But a Win for American Soccer
U.S. soccer's quality of play may still lag behind the rest of the world's, but this week, fans proved that MLS is beating its biggest competition—the NBA, MLB, and the NHL.
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Nick Cave's Art About Everything Now Seems Like It's Everywhere
An exhibit in Denver feels like the sculptor-painter-puppeteer-costume designer's coronation.
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World War Z's Unhorrifying, Strangely Touchy-Feely Zombie Apocalypse
Brad Pitt's new movie's point seems to be that vegetarians can be action heroes, too.
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Go Ahead, Throw That Big Gatsby Bash
Celebrating the book doesn't mean contradicting its message, and dressing up and drinking champagne is a better use of time than watching Luhrmann's dud.
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Actually, No, Last Night's NCAA Championship Wasn't a 'Classic' Game
Louisville earned a hard-fought victory, but why is sports media in such a rush to crown every hard-fought victory as one of the greatest ever?
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Justin Timberlake, Our Sammy Davis Jr.
He's the return of a long-lost showbiz archetype: the song-and-dance (and jokes!) man.
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16 Bands to Check Out From South by Southwest 2013
From snotty skate punk to genderbending rap, these acts justified their buzz—or sparked some.
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Is Danica Patrick About to Become the Most Important Athlete Ever?
If she wins the Daytona 500 on Sunday, she'll have earned a bigger victory than any sportswoman ever.
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The Best Super Bowl Ever?
Blackout and all, there may never have been a more entertaining NFL championship than this one.
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The Excellent Horror of the Super Bowl
The spectacle has eclipsed the game, no doubt. But why fight it?
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In What Universe Can the Falcons Beat the 49ers?
Metaphysically informed predictions for the NFL's conference championship games Sunday
