Column Archive
In a Shocker, Bill Belichick Spurns Trump’s Medal of Freedom
January 13, 2021
There is no way Belichick could have avoided a jagged scar on his legacy if he had bent the knee for Trump at this moment in history. 
WNBA Players Just Showed Their Political Power
January 7, 2021
By opposing WNBA franchise owner Kelly Loeffler’s Senate run, players demonstrated their influence on and off the court. 
A Women’s Boxing Team Grows in Gaza
January 5, 2021
In the midst of extreme privation, a new team in Gaza offers something like hope. 
2020: The Year Sports Should Have Stopped
December 29, 2020
In this awful year, sports didn’t deliver normalcy. But they did nudge us toward justice. 
The USOPC Defends Olympic Athletes’ Right To Protest
December 23, 2020
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee sent an unmistakable rebuke to the IOC. 
Why the Cleveland Indians Will Change Their Name
December 15, 2020
We have a younger generation that is more diverse and less tolerant of intolerance—and Major League Baseball knows it. 
English Soccer Players Take a Knee
December 9, 2020
Two Queen’s Park Rangers players looked directly at Millwall supporters and took a knee in a show of radical defiance. 
‘Sports Illustrated’ Chose the Wrong Activist Athletes
December 7, 2020
The real Sportspeople of the Year aren’t merely “activist athletes”; they are those who expanded the very definition of the phrase. 
The Baltimore Ravens’ Cautionary Covid Tale
December 3, 2020
With two dozen players on the NFL’s Covid list, the Ravens are a pitch-perfect example of how not to do sports during a pandemic. 
The Politics of Maradona’s Iconic ‘Hand of God’ Goal
November 30, 2020
In the 1986 World Cup, Maradona etched himself not only in sports history but also in political history. 
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