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Will another network give ‘Winning Time’ a chance?

The clock is likely ticking for a Season 3 of the Lakers' show to be picked up elsewhere

Art for season two of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” (HBO.)

HBO

"It is not a lock that there will be a Season 3 of Winning Time. And we need the ratings to improve."

"We need viewers. The strikes are crippling. Please help spread the word."

"I can say with 100 percent certainty the man is an idiot. This is unambiguous."

'The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson' examines one of America's greatest athletes, and the many stories about him.

"Sincerely, don't buy the book, don't take it out from the library. Leave it."

"It was never on my radar. It’s not like I wrote books thinking that it would be great if these became TV shows."

"The humiliation, feeling like you always have to hide in public... it's mentally draining. Everything is as bad as you can imagine it is."

Back in September, a generation of online sports fans went into shock when @SportsbyBrooks posted its first tweet in nearly...

Sports by Brooks is back (apparently), after nearly five years of silence.

This 1997 newspaper mistake had big effects for the writer, the subject and the paper.

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There were lots of thoughts on ESPN's layoffs this week, plus Rory McIlroy's wedding and how great LeBron is or isn't.

Last week, we covered Bill Simmons' Twitter criticism of a First Take incident, in which Richard Sherman went...