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Protests in Brazil

What could have provoked such massive protests against a soccer festival from the sport’s most passionate fans?

San Antonio Spurs

The underdogs may have enough in the tank to surprise us again next year.

Protests in Brazil

Most Brazilians feel that the biggest football festival in the world, along with the foundation of their country, is being stolen from them.

NCAA press conference

The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.

Black September commando

The security mania and spending orgy of our present-day Olympics were truly born that tragic September, forty years ago. 

A Jeremy Lin fan

The NBA point-guard phenom has sparked a national discussion about racism against Asian-Americans.
 

Joe Hill, Joe Pa, Tebow and Wee Brains.

International soccer lost a hero when Socrates, the masterful Brazilian midfielder who captained Brazil’s famed 1982 World Cup squad, died last weekend.

There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.

Penn State fans

There is a message here about masculine privilege.

Blogs

In the NFL, a racist idea gains surprising currency after the arrest of Aaron Hernandez.

July 25, 2013

Baseball star Ryan Braun has gone overboard. Did his union give him the fateful push?

July 23, 2013

In 100 degree heat, 1,000 people gathered to draw the strength to build a new Civil Rights Movement.

July 20, 2013

LeBron James spoke out about Trayvon Martin’s death last year, it mattered. We want him to do it again.

July 18, 2013

A shocking verdict pushes athletes to speak their piece. 

July 14, 2013

A Palestinian football player is told by Yahoo! Sports to be seen but not heard. 

July 11, 2013

Following thi week's military coup, expect the Egypt’s Ultras to get mad… and the military to try and get even.

July 4, 2013

Serena Williams's initial comments about the Steubenville sexual assault victim reveal a a disturbing truth: they are the logical result of growing up in America’s “rape culture.” 

July 3, 2013

Crime hysteria about the twenty-nine NFL players who've been arrested obscures the fact that they've been caught in a law and order undertow.

July 1, 2013

When Eduardo Galeano, author and soccer fan, has something to say about the World Cup and Brazil’s protests, we need to listen.

June 26, 2013
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