Locker Room Talk
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NFL draftees’ legacy, longevity comes down to getting there versus staying there
Former NFL players tell what it takes to stay in the league after being drafted
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At 2026 NFL draft, Shedeur Sanders’ 2025 fall still sends a message
The lessons learned from last year’s draft apply not just to the Browns’ quarterback
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Dawn Staley, Cori Close and the next mountain to climb
Growth of the women’s game is most important to South Carolina, UCLA coaches
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Don’t take Dawn Staley for granted
Among the giants of women’s basketball, South Carolina coach has had an entirely different impact across 30 years
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In NCAA athletics, student-athletes are often choosing deal over degree
While college athletes enjoy unprecedented freedom of movement, it’s often at the detriment of education
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The NCAA transfer journey: This genie is not going back into the bottle
Athletes’ liberation has thrown the old system into chaos
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NFL’s new accelerator program only accelerates a widening of the gap
Program revamp is colorblind, fails to acknowledge in NFL’s hiring practices whiteness is already an accelerator
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The long reach of Jesse Jackson
Jackson saw sports as fresh territory to attack the Black labor/white wealth dynamic
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NFL’s Black assistant coaches need support. The NFLPA should speak up.
Outgoing Fritz Pollard Alliance executive director makes a different suggestion for player activism