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 [...]
August
5,
2024
Via The Asia Times, commentary on how Trump’s belief in the power of financial leverage to shape American sports would be tested further in a potential second term:
Following conservative outrage over the 2024 Summer [...]
July
19,
2024
Via Illuminem, commentary on the intersection of sport and politics:
At a press conference three weeks ago, I caught something unusual: a world-class athlete speaking intelligently about democracy and liberties. Usually, [...]