Via Ms. Magazine, an article on the six athletes - including three women - who will represent Afghanistan in the 2024 Olympics despite the Taliban's refusal to acknowledge the feamale Afghan athletes competing for their home [...]
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During the 2024 StanleyCup Final, the NHL produced a first-of-its-kind live game broadcast dedicated to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of NHL in [...]
July
22,
2024
Via The Economist, bold commentary on how pausing the Olympics might jolt the world into grasping the severity of the climate challenge:
The Olympics have always been about more than just sport. Since 1896 they have [...]
Via Politico, a look at how - at the Republican National Convention in 1968 - Richard Nixon and the world’s biggest basketball star launched a bold plan to win over Black voters skeptical of the Democratic Party. But it turned [...]
What If You Can? is an inspiring campaign by Nike in Saudi Arabia to empower young women and encourages them to take up sports. Well done Nike. Looking forward to seeing Saudi women excel at but more importantly enjoy [...]
Via The Guardian, an inspiring look at how 37 remarkable athletes have overcome harrowing tales of hardship and tragedy to make it to the Paris Games:
Farida Abaroge jogged across the athletics track in Normandy in the [...]