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roopstigo: Sports Without Boundaries. roopstigo.com roopstigo is the revolutionary digital network that presents original sports content on demand for fans who demand more. As a website and app available for free on iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire, roopstigo allows you to choose the documentaries, stories, and animation that you want from our nationally recognized filmmakers and writers. roopstigo rocks the way you experience sports by unearthing the content that moves you across its eight distinct channels.

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READ NOW: Rapped in a Paradox: Why Clients Should Be Wary of Jay-Z's Empire Building, by Selena Roberts. Was he simply a Trojan Horse in the Nets circle?

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WATCH NOW: With Wimbledon in the air, Pro’s Prose wanted to capture the flavor of the season by bringing back one of its favorite authors. Can you guess what athlete authored this passage, read by our puppet?

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WATCH: Tiger is Back: Or Is He? Taylor Armstrong's animated short on the love-hate relationship golf announcers have with Tiger Woods.  

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WATCH: Leave it to the Brits to invent a game they can no longer play in its most robust form in all reasonable parts of the country. And for good reason! What’s wrong with Dwile Flonking? Better, yet, what is it? Please allow Stuart Ashen to provide the innoble history of a game that starts with a towel meant for cleaning floors and ends with, what else, beer in a chamber pot.

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READ: L.A. Law, Unassuming Company Challenges Lance's Legal Strategy, by Selena Roberts

In late 2003, Armstrong and TSC instructed their Austin attorneys to negotiate a high dollar non-disclosure agreement with Armstrong’s then-wife, Kristin Armstrong, to prevent her from discussing her knowledge of, or participation in Armstrong’s cheating. On information and belief, the former Mrs. Armstrong was paid over $10 million not to disclose Armstrong’s cheating, and the non-disclosure agreement contains economic penalties for her if she breaches its terms. 

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READ: Straight Shooters, Why Women Rule The Rifle Range, by Pat Jordan

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For nearly three decades, Morganna Roberts, known as the “Kissing Bandit,” ran onto baseball fields & arena floors with her buxom features on display. She famously kissed stars such as Pete Rose, George Brett and Nolan Ryan, becoming MLB’s unofficial mascot. But despite her willingness to flaunt her 60-inched chest & embrace celebrity on late-night shows, little is known about Morganna and how she rose to fame. In a society where celebrities never vanish, why did Morganna disappear? Former 30-for-30's Adam Kurland unveils the mystery in our short film.

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Right now, the smarty-pants kids of America — yes, the one who will be your boss one day — are cramming for the National Spelling Bee this month brought to you by ESPN. It’s a nervous time for the auto-correct generation as they compete in a world of Tumblr and Flickr to try and get it right under the pressure of unforgiving judges in Taylor Armstrong’s latest animation feature.

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Is Floyd Mayweather a brand or a boxer? "It’s come to represent prudence first, and thrilling prizefighting a far second." Roopstigo's Geoff Gray with, Cold Money: Can Mayweather Connect?

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Watch: What Flop Rule?  NBA Playoff Theater

It’s playoff time in the NBA where the stage is grabbed by the best thespians in the game. Yes, the NBA has strengthened its new flop rule for the playoffs to prevent its stars from falling on cue. So what’s a flop artist to do? Turn to Sylvester Stallone and Stone Cold Steve Austin for tips on taking a dive. Watch as everyone from Manu Ginobili to LeBron James take notes at the NBA actors’ studio.

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Watch: Concussed: The NFL Afterlife of Craig McEwenIn the late 1980s and early 1990s, Craig McEwen was living the dream as a tight end in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers. He was a lunchpail guy, knowing he had to stay on the field to remain in the league. He played in physical pain and also in a fog from repeated blows to the head. Since he retired in 1991, McEwen has dealt with depression and anger related to concussions and serves as a raw and real portrait of what the game does to its own.

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Watch: A Night At Jai Alai The little known sport of Jai Alai boasts to be the fastest sport on the planet. It’s novelty spread it’s way throughout Florida in the 1960′s but over time the lack of interest has slowly deteriorated the sport. Today it’s small but devout fan base is holding on by a thread. Go behind the scenes of this fading sport with A Night at Jai Alai by director Drew Blatman.

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“Studying on the day of the national championship. And the story of Coach Stevens finding them in the locker room in a heated discussion about a math problem … As brand-building goes, you can’t buy that.”

Butler President Jim Danko in "The Butler Way" via roopstigo.com

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"He’s used to being an underdog. As a crafty, heavy-handed southpaw, Guerrero is the kind of boxer that nobody else wants to fight. So he’s been forced to take on tougher opponents. "

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“The bullets was on him. Two in the chest, one in the arm.”

Xavier Moss on the death of his cousin, Auburn player Ladarious Phillips in "A Football Culture In Crisis" via roopstigo.com

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Watch: Bonkers For Conkers - A Cheater's Guide to Winning

Yes, a game of Conkers starts with nuts on a string — chestnuts, that is — in the gone-bonkers world of a sport that is layered with all types of cheating methods. Check out “Bonkers for Conkers” through the ODD channel eye of British comic Stuart Ashen.

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I have friends that have killed people. In the environment we grew up in, there were justifiable reasons for murder. Now I’m in circles consistently where there’s no justifiable point to murder, ever.

50 Cent on entering the boxing promotion industry