The plight of refugees converged with sport in a recent UK soccer controversy. I didn’t know that more than two dozen refugees have played in the Premier League, with many more featuring in the English Football League. [...]
Let’s not forget that Maria Pepe’s desire to play baseball made her a trailblazer on the diamond in the summer of 1972 — challenging Little League Baseball prohibition of girls from playing that started in the early 1950s. [...]
March
26,
2023
This season, there are 62 active Division 1 (D1) men's college hockey programs compared to 37 D1 women's programs. Why aren't there more Division I women's college hockey programs and - for every school that fields a D-I men's [...]
March
26,
2023
Important words from LGBTQIA+ advocate and Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of operations Brian Burke, responding to San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer’s decision to not wear a Pride jersey nor participate in the team’s [...]
March
26,
2023
FIFA is officially paying up. World soccer’s governing body recently announced that it will commit $152M — including $110M in prize money — to July’s Women’s World Cup (WWC), and plans to finally dole out equal earnings [...]
March
14,
2023
I am happy to see this touching graphic memoir which explores the story of how a young change maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision is very rarely the easy one, but taking the road less [...]