August 22, 2016 Table Of Contents

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DOUG BALDWIN

Unpacking “Doug Baldwin”

By Greg Bishop

Rio 2016

CLOSING Ceremony

By Tim Layden

Iron Butterfly

By S.L. Price

HAVING A BALL

By Alexander Wolff

Flipping Awesome

By Brian Cazeneuve

9.81 Seconds Of Bliss

By Tim Layden

WHAT APATHY?

By Alan Shipnuck

MLB

THE METRICS SYSTEM

By Albert Chen

JAMES CONNER

"A FIGHT CAN MEAN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS"

By Brian Hamilton

POINT AFTER

California Gold Rush

By Alexander Wolff

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Leading Off

Fourth Wall

The pain of a near miss on sport's biggest stage can haunt Olympians for years. It can also give them a new way to look at life

By JEREMY FUCHS

Au revRoy

The Avs coach walks

TWEETABLE REVIEWS

Scare Bears

By Brendan Maloy

HOT | NOT

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Bill Dooley 1934-2016

By Alexandra Fenwick

Road Scholars

George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw go East

By Richard O'Brien