Column Archive
‘Plantation Politics’: Racist Legislation Stalks the Mizzou Football Team
December 15, 2015
A Missouri lawmaker is attempting to ensure that football players are seen but not heard. 
There Is No ‘War on Football’
December 10, 2015
The idea that concussion research is a liberal conspiracy is toxic and will hurt kids. It has to stop. 
Why Donald Trump Wants to Render Muslim Athletes Invisible
December 7, 2015
What in the name of Muhammad Ali is Donald Trump inhaling, other than the fumes of his own gaseous ego? 
Laquan McDonald and the Politics of Black Athletes
December 6, 2015
Former Chicago Bull and two-time NBA champion Craig Hodges reflects on the killing of Laquan McDonald and the role of black athletes today. 
The Fraternal Order of Police Wants Off-Duty Cops to Be Armed Inside a Stadium Near You
December 3, 2015
Using Paris as a pretext and sports as backdrop, the FOP wants to be armed on NFL Sunday, which will make all of us less safe. 
How ‘Creed’ Saves Rocky From Himself
November 30, 2015
Ryan Coogler revives an otherwise moribund franchise by showing the importance of black voices behind and in front of the camera. 
Ezekiel Elliott and the Overdue Thaw of College Football Politics
November 25, 2015
Meet the new normal in college football. 
When Stadiums Become Potential Killing Fields
November 18, 2015
To attack a stadium is to attack not just people but the ideas of magic and escape in a difficult world. 
The Missouri Tigers and the Hidden History of Black College Football Activists
November 12, 2015
The strike against racism by Mizzou football players was brave, historic, and profoundly significant—but it wasn’t unprecedented. 
3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation
November 9, 2015
The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow. 
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