Column Archive
Voices Are Raised Against the NBA Launching Its New African League in Rwanda
April 30, 2021
Human rights groups are concerned that using Rwanda
as a backdrop would provide a public relations boost for its autocratic
leader. 
The Tokyo Olympics Are in Trouble
April 21, 2021
The pandemic has driven support for the Summer Olympics in Japan to historically low levels. 
MLB, NBA, and NHL Games Are Canceled in the Twin Cities
April 12, 2021
Following the police killing of Daunte Wright just outside of Minneapolis, three major league games have been called off. 
The Last Time People Tried to Get Baseball to Move the All-Star Game
April 9, 2021
A decade ago, a similar call to move the All-Star Game failed. What has changed? 
Baseball Says No to Jim Crow 2.0
April 6, 2021
Major League Baseball is a conservative
institution. It speaks volumes that it moved the All-Star Game from
Brian Kemp’s Georgia. 
Will MLB Celebrate Jackie Robinson While Holding Its All-Star Game In Georgia?
March 31, 2021
For baseball to celebrate Jackie Robinson while
providing financial and ideological support to the state of Georgia, is
an exercise in profound cognitive dissonance. 
The Olympic Battle for Echo Park
March 26, 2021
An LAPD crackdown on an encampment of the unhoused augurs more conflicts in the lead up to the 2028 Olympics. 
Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor
March 24, 2021
Baylor changed the way the game was played, on and off the court. 
Will the NFL Survive the New Science of Brain Damage?
March 18, 2021
A new study moves us one step closer to diagnosing CTE in the living, which could turn football on its head. 
So What the Hell Is Race Norming?
March 12, 2021
Former NFL players accuse the league of racial bias
in how it doles out concussion settlement money. Their suit has exposed
a practice that belongs in history’s trash can. 
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