Via SI.com, a report on a MLB first in nearly 18 years:
Jen Pawol became the first woman to umpire an MLB spring training game since 2007 when she worked the game between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals in [...]
February
26,
2024
Via Sportico, commentary on the progress of college athletes being recognized as unionized employees:
As college athletes advance toward recognition as unionized employees, their employing schools will face three choices: [...]
February
26,
2024
Via GQ, a look at how Saudi Arabia is spending an unfathomable fortune to lure the biggest stars of global football to its upstart league. Is this the future of the world’s most popular sport? The vanguard of sportswashing? Or [...]
February
25,
2024
Courtesy of the Washington Post, commentary on how the NCAA erased an entire generation of women's sports by simply not recognizing or funding women's sports until 1982:
The purpose of records is not to satisfy the [...]
February
25,
2024
Via Sportsnet, a report on how Abbotsford Canucks forward Jermaine Loewen uses his personal experience to educate and inspire younger Black players:
Abbotsford Canucks forward Jermaine Loewen knows as well as anyone that [...]
February
25,
2024
Via the New York Intelligencer, commentary on the vast potential of women's sports:
The thing about truly special athletes — the ones we’ll be talking about for the rest of our lives, the ones our kids will ask us [...]