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Adam Love (Mississippi State): Transgender Exclusion and Inclusion in Sport. Rodney K. Smith (Thomas Jefferson): Head Injuries, Student Welfare, and Saving College Football: A Game Plan for the NCAA. Is college football profitable for universities? Ben Mangrum wonders. Laura Seago on 27 signs you went to Notre Dame: Haters gonna hate, but you’re probably too busy watching Rudy to notice. Allie Jones on the Washington Benghazi Gay Guys: #TCOT renames the Redskins. Face it, women: The NFL does not give a shit about you. Mona Chalabi on three leagues, 92 teams and one black principal owner. Is your life more like a baseball game or a soccer match? David Brooks on how you might be surprised. Ian Blair on why soccer will never come home to the U.S. Want to keep Americans caring about soccer? USA-England, July 4 — let’s get it on. Mike L. Goodman on the “World Cup is over, now what?” guide to soccer. Diving is not unique to soccer — even baseball players do it, too. Dirk Hayhurst on a Major League pitcher's guide to baseball's bullshit unwritten rules. That kid is so lucky: David Johnson on being Tony Gwynn's bat boy. 75 years on, Little League still swings big bat. Up close on baseball’s borders: An unprecedented look at the geography of baseball fandom. Jim Tankersley on why it’s time to change how we pick sports teams: Geography needn't be destiny. How philosophy can illuminate sport and vice versa: David Papineau on why supporting a team isn't like choosing a washing machine. Lebron's return is bigger than basketball — much, much bigger than basketball (and more). Just Undo It: Here is the LeBron James profile that Nike killed. Bill Simmons' Big Score: Ron Tannenbaum on how a failed newspaper writer built a new kind of media empire at ESPN. There are two kinds of "sports journalism" — only one of them is really journalism.