Column Archive
NYPD on Trial: NBA Player Thabo Sefolosha Fights Back After Police Beating
October 8, 2015
The police broke Thabo Sefolosha’s leg. His testimony, and the testimony of witnesses, could mean that they will not get away with it. 
Insider Trading Hits the Sports World
October 7, 2015
FanDuel and DraftKings are enmeshed in a rank scandal whose stink has spread to their sports league partners as well as ESPN. 
John Carlos Meets the Spurs
October 5, 2015
Meeting and speaking to the San Antonio Spurs meant a great deal to 1968 Olympic bronze medalist and protester. 
Not the Smart One: On Jeb’s Garbled Support for the Washington Football Team’s Brand
October 1, 2015
Jeb Bush has unsurprisingly decided to side with bigotry in the case of Washington’s football team’s name. His incoherent reasoning should ring alarm bells for supporters and detractors alike. 
Kevin Powell’s Memoir Will Crush You
September 30, 2015
An autobiography that’s really a first-hand account about surviving racism and poverty only mostly intact, The Education of Kevin Powell is revelatory. 
Cycling Redefined: Rwanda’s Joan of Arc
September 28, 2015
Rwandan cyclist Jeanne D’Arc Girubuntu made history over the weekend by becoming the first Rwandan woman to ever race in a world competition. But that was perhaps the easiest of her many battles. 
Getting God Out of Football
September 21, 2015
Believers and non-believers alike should welcome Aaron Rodgers’s and Arian Foster’s dissent against the constant invocation of Christ in football. 
Old Boy Longhorns vs. Neoliberal Pirates: The State of Sports at the University of Texas
September 18, 2015
The ouster of business-first Athletic Director Steve Patterson has many at the University of Texas hopeful for the future. But one professor says that there are no guarantees the situation will move in a better direction. 
The University of Texas Just Handed Out a $6 Million Golden Parachute
September 16, 2015
The nation’s biggest college sports program just paid its new director $6 million to quit. 
The Prophets: On the Conjoined Legacies of Moses Malone and ‘Chocolate Thunder’
September 14, 2015
Moses Malone and Darryl Dawkins may have passed away well too soon, but they will be remembered for what they stood for and whom they affected. 
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