Column Archive
Super Bowl 50: Brought to You by Toe Fungus
February 8, 2016
The game was not only godawful to watch. It also gave us a hell of a window into the NFL’s three-ring circus. 
The Streets of San Francisco: ‘Super Bowl City’ Meets Tent City
February 4, 2016
A city in the grip of a housing crisis just spent $5 million on the Super Bowl. Yes, people are angry. 
Why Bay Area Residents Are Protesting the Super Bowl
February 2, 2016
An interview with Davey D on gentrification, police brutality, and protests against Super Bowl L. 
Dear Cam Newton: Please Don’t Read This
January 19, 2016
The Carolina Panthers quarterback has become a bizarre source of consternation for some NFL fans. 
Who Killed Lawrence Phillips?
January 14, 2016
The former first-round draft pick took his own life in a prison cell. But there is far more to this story. 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Beautiful Mind
January 11, 2016
Sitting down with a basketball legend with a genius-level IQ demands eclectic questions and invites delicious answers. 
Why They Pardon Peyton
January 6, 2016
The All-American superstar operates by a different, deeply corrosive set of media rules than any other player. We shouldn’t let him. 
The Tactical Intelligence of #NoJusticeNoLeBron
January 4, 2016
A hashtag aimed at getting LeBron James to sit out a game in protest of Tamir Rice’s murder was overwhelmingly derided. It also was extremely successful. 
Women Roar: The Story of the Year at the Intersection of Sports and Politics
December 27, 2015
2015 had no shortage of stories on the political edge of sports, but it was the play of female athletes that will mark the past year in history. 
Why the Movie ‘Concussion’ Spells Trouble for the NFL—and Moral Angst for the Rest of Us
December 24, 2015
We deserve to know, and we are obligated to know, the cost of America’s love for football. 
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