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Don't let Olympic fever obscure the role China plays in the Sudanese government's reign of terror, rape and killing.

For the last decade, NASCAR has tried to shed its legacy as a sport
indelibly linked to the confederate flag.

Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.

It's a little known fact, but Ralph Nader is seriously interested in sports, which is why he believes there should be a Bill of Rights just for the fans.

Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.

Sports make a great framework for examining politics.

Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.

In South Africa ethnic violence against foreigners is beginning to spread and the growing voice of opposition comes from an unlikely source--soccer stars.

The mother of Pat Tillman--football star, Army ranger and casualty of war--reflects on how the Pentagon has distorted the truth and the NFL has exploited the tragedy.

Blogs

The decision to elect no one to the baseball Hall of Fame class of 2013 will go down in infamy.

January 10, 2013

Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin questions the Baseball Hall of Fame for not selecting players accused of—or even vaguely connected with—steroid usage.

January 10, 2013

A liberal Washington Post columnist wrote about football star Robert Griffin III’s injury on Sunday. He ended up saying a whole lot more.

January 8, 2013

How do we begin to explain the exponentially different levels of attention paid to crimes of violence and power at Penn State and Notre Dame?

January 7, 2013

Kevin-Prince Boateng has made clear that the old, meek ways of fighting the racism of fans is no longer good enough.

January 3, 2013

Was this the wildest football game ever?

December 31, 2012

As the media turn a critical eye toward the NRA president, they might want to follow suit with the commissioner of the National Football League.

December 28, 2012

A series of awful stories topped the Associated Press’s “sports stories of the year.”

December 21, 2012

The NFL cannot be a force for nonviolence because its popularity is the perfect reflection of what we’ve become as a country.

December 17, 2012

Sports unions have joined to fight to defeat Michigan's proposed right-to-work legislation.

December 9, 2012
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