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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

The fight starts now to make sure the 2014 Boston Marathon isn’t a nightmare for civil liberties.

April 20, 2013

I can understand why many progressives love the new Jackie Robinson movie—but I can't agree.

April 17, 2013

With 20,000 runners from 96 countries in tow, it's hard to avoid the global implications of this year's Boston Marathon.

April 16, 2013

Rehab is hard, painful, miserable work. But those runners, I suspect, will run again.

April 16, 2013

Today's bombing will change the Boston Marathon forever—that, in and of itself, is a tragedy.

April 15, 2013

The National Hockey League is now a no-homophobia league. Who will follow suit?

April 12, 2013

Now-former Rutgers coach Mike Rice is just the tip of a homophobic iceberg. What'll it take to melt it away?

April 9, 2013

Coach Rice's defenders are speaking unintentional volumes about power and powerlessness in the sports world.

April 8, 2013

Adidas and the NCAA now have a t-shirt to commemerate Kevin Ware's broken leg.

April 3, 2013

When FAU accepted a private prison company's $6 million "goodwill" in stadium naming rights, students would have none of it. Now, the deal is dead.

April 2, 2013
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