Change.org: Hi! My name is Caroline Pla, I’m 11 years old, and I really love football. When I was 3, I watched my big brother play Pop Warner football, and I told his coach I would play someday, too. I kept my word. I started playing when I was 5, and [...]
Remembering the Summer of 2004
(Reprint-Aug. 2012): Lance Armstrong will not contest USADA’s charges of his alleged doping and is set to be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. This comes eight years after David Walsh wrote “L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong” that went unpublished and categorically dismissed [...]
Kasandra Michelle Perkins: We Must Say Her Name
David J. Leonard, The Feminist Wire
In the aftermath of the tragic murder of Kasandra Michelle Perkins, and the subsequent suicide of Jovan Belcher, much of the media and social media chatter have focused on Belcher. Indeed, Kasandra Michelle Perkins has been an [...]
Like music and film, sports is one of the very few national (and international) conversations that exist, but is the cultural platform of sports respected enough by American Universities? This question is one thatProfessor Theresa Runstedtler, author of Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner suggests that more can be done. In the
Originally published at Critical Mass Progress
“Hector Camacho, a boxer known for his lightning-quick hands and flamboyant personality who emerged from a delinquent childhood in New York’s Spanish Harlem to become a world champion in three weight classes, died Saturday in San Juan, P.R., four days after after [...]
Marvin Miller’s passing has left behind an incredible sports legacy, hall-of-fame travesty, and a modern-day relevancy. Whether the issue is yearly owner lockouts, their lawyers intent on destroying sports, or unpaid labor exploited by the NCAA, Marvin Miller’s spirit and skills are sorely needed across and [...]
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