Column Archive
NBA Bubble Postmortem
October 16, 2020
Were NBA players correct to finish their season, given concerns that they would distract from the movements in the streets? I think they were. 
If the NBA Stands for Racial Justice, What About Tom Gores?
October 12, 2020
The franchise owner of the Detroit Pistons also owns a predatory prison telephone company. Shouldn’t that matter to the NBA? 
The NFL Season Could Be Facing a Covid Collapse
October 7, 2020
After years of scandals and PR disasters, Roger Goodell has finally put the league’s profits in jeopardy. 
Making Black Lives Matter On and Off the Diamond
September 30, 2020
It’s time for Major League Baseball to put some substance behind its intentions and match words with deeds. 
On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali
September 25, 2020
Louisville is hallowed ground, the birthplace of Muhammad Ali. It will now, thanks to Daniel Cameron, also be remembered as the home of an unspeakable injustice. 
Why LeBron James Scares the Racist Right
September 23, 2020
His social media reach that outstrips Trump’s and social conscience that defies Trumpism have the worst people wanting the basketball star silenced. 
Taking a Knee in Alabama
September 21, 2020
Alabama soccer player Taylor Morgan kneeled during the anthem, and then issued a blistering response to those who would attack her. 
Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons: More Than a Love Story
September 18, 2020
The basketball superstar announced her marriage to a man she helped free from prison. But there is a sobering lesson beneath this feel-good story. 
We’ve Entered the Era of ‘Branding for Black Lives’
September 14, 2020
Amid NFL-approved statements against racism, players fought to have a real message heard—and in another sport, a hero emerged. 
The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports
September 11, 2020
A new study points to the blood being shed for the World Cup. That shouldn’t blind us to the deaths and misery caused by stadium boondoggles here at home. 
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