A real life Rudy story.
Thứ Sáu, 14 tháng 8, 2015
Baseball has taken a step toward diversifying its baseball operations personnel.
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Major League Baseball announced today a partnership with search firm Korn Ferry to assist in deepening its pool of women and minority candidates for "key baseball operations positions."
The move is one of many personnel-related initiatives baseball has implemented in recent years. Commissioner Rob Manfred, who assumed the role in January 2015, has made the inclusion of minorities and LGBT people a priority of his tenure.
With its latest move, baseball is preparing for openings in front office and baseball operations positions, as the standard offseason shuffle begins. "Korn Ferry will assist executives in developing their résumés and interview skills in an effort to enhance their candidacies and to expand networking opportunities," MLB said in a statement.
Positions of note, the statement says, include "general manager, field manager, assistant general manager, scouting director and player development director."
MLB has been subject to criticism for its lack of minorities as managers, team GMs, and presidents.
The league has adopted a version of the Rooney Rule — the NFL-inspired mandate that teams must interview minority candidates when coaching positions open up — but those potential candidates are easily passed by with the promotion of an in-house candidate. Manfred recently sent all 30 teams a reminder of the rule.
Of the league's partnership with Korn Ferry, Manfred said: "We are proudly a sport of inclusion, and we must continue to pursue and develop more opportunities for minorities and women throughout our game, both in senior and entry-level positions. Our policy on this vital issue will ensure that active searches of outside candidates for leadership positions will include strong minority and female representation."
LINK: MLB 2015 Draft Highlights League’s Challenge To Recruit Black Players
LINK: Gay Former Ballplayer’s New Job Is To Make Major League Baseball LGBT-Friendly
Thứ Năm, 13 tháng 8, 2015
Probably the hairdest quiz you’ll take today…
The story of football can mainly be told through dodgy haircuts...
So we took some of football's most famous, and most infamous, haircuts, and all you have to do is match them to the player whose head we've taken them from.
So let's get started...
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Wolf, Lightning, Jet, Ace, Hunter, and Saracen, along with Ulrika Jonsson and referee John Anderson, have all reunited as part of an ITV documentary.
ITV / itv.com/ep1week34/saturday-night-story
Gladiators
“Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry I just told you that, mate.”
Here's a video of Nick Kyrgios telling his Toronto Open opponent, Stanislas Wawrinka, that his girlfriend cheated on him with another tennis player.
It's pretty brutal. Wawrinka has recently gone through a divorce earlier this year, and it is believed he is dating Croatian player Donna Vekic. Kyrgios made the remark when he was still a set down.
By Kokkinakis, Kyrgios is speaking of his teammate and fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.
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Whatever the case, it seemed to work – with Wawrinka retiring hurt.
Hurt feelings perhaps?
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