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Galen Clavio and Patrick T. Walsh (Indiana) and Pat Coyle (Coyle Media): The Effects of Gender on Perceptions of Team Twitter Feeds. Ultimate recognition: Chucking a Frisbee is becoming a serious sport, and a lucrative business. James McWilliams on John McEnroe and the sadness of greatness. Sex is fine before sport — but only if 10 hours before. Jack Moore on the reactionary sports drug war: Steroids will continue to debase sports as long as the war against them solely targets players. Why is pro sports constantly jamming military fervor down our throats? Justin Doolittle on how their claims are wrong in more ways than one. Sarah Eberspacher on 5 times the U.S. government interfered in the world of sports: The results are about as mixed as you would expect. President Obama says he wants to host ESPN's SportsCenter when he retires. Sheila Bapat on how the NBA's path out of poverty is more an exception than a rule. MMA fighting: Matthew Stanmyre on an inside look at the brutal sport's rising popularity and danger. Travis Waldron on why America’s major sports leagues are talking about climate change. Are kids sports pricing themselves out of the market? As organized sports get pushed further out of reach of many poorer kids, one former college hoops star wants to even the playing field. Sam Laird on the Ballad of Kiwi Gardner: This is the story of a YouTube legend fighting for his basketball future.