Via The Athletic, commentary on how Donald Trump uses sports to advance his agenda:
President Donald Trump’s plan to bring back the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition — and with it the Presidential [...]
June
19,
2025
Courtesy of The Athletic, a look at how - as others go silent - the NWSL's Black Women's Player Collective is doubling down over supporting Black players on Juneteenth and beyond:
In its fifth year, the Black Women’s [...]
Via SI.com, commentary on the significance of Penn State’s James Franklin and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman facing off in the Orange Bowl for a spot in the CFP title game, with the winner becoming the first Black head coach to [...]
November
10,
2024
Via the Wall Street Journal, a look at how the U.S. president-elect is set to leave his mark on a raft of thorny sports issues, a home World Cup, and the Los Angeles Olympics:
The polls were barely 24 hours from closing on [...]
September
15,
2024
Via African Arguments, a look at how cycling in Eritrea grew from a colonial legacy into a national passion:
Italian Fascists used cycling to demonstrate their racial superiority; Eritrean cyclists were soon embarrassing them. [...]
September
14,
2024
Via The Economist, a look at how sports are getting hotter, harder, and deadlier:
“One player gonna die,” complained Daniil Medvedev in the middle of a match on the hottest day of the US Open in New York last [...]