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Rollerderby

Roller Derby marries an underground vibe with the fun of athletic competition.

Make no mistake about it: the owners lost.

The NFL's Concussion Culture

Football players from the 1980s and 1990s are turning up dead.

The National Basketball Association lockout isn't about losses. It's about breaking the union.

The general public is a lot more knowledgable about matters of sports labor issues, and everything else, than it was a decade ago.

Sports radio show how people want to use their intelligence in complex discussions.

Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?

Of the top fifteen men's players in the world, seven of them are Egyptian, and the women's side is not far behind.

Athletes need to realize that they can shape their own image much more successfully than athletes of previous generations.

Blogs

Now that the NBA center has come out—the first current pro athlete to do so—what's next for LGBT equality?

May 1, 2013

By coming out of the closet as an active, male pro athlete, Jason Collins has redefined the possible.

May 1, 2013

We can no longer say that no active male athlete has ever come out of closet. Meet the NBA’s Jason Collins.

April 30, 2013

The high school football coach is on board for two more years—despite the jock-turned-rape culture in his locker room.

April 29, 2013

Sports have been a historic avenue for immigrant acceptance in the US, but Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s story shows just how much that’s changed.

April 29, 2013

The big man—a cultural tycoon and a friend of the Fraternal Order of Police—just went big-bully on a widely acclaimed film about political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jahmal.

April 25, 2013

The world’s largest sports network just hired a noted critic as its watchdog. What’s next for sports media?

April 24, 2013

The Steubenville school board extended the contract of football coach Reno Saccoccia despite his behavior during his players' recent rape trial.

April 22, 2013

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