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Political Players: Where Athletes Give Their Money

Tigers v. Cardinals: Baseball in the Ashes of 1968

The World Series contains echoes

Pat Tillman's Brother Breaks his Silence

"Somehow profiting from tragedy and horror is tolerated"

Brother of the Fist: The Passing of Peter Norman

He was the forgotten man in the most famous photo in sports history... and he wouldn't have had it any other way.

Big Easy Blues: Saints and the Superdome

Does the reopening of the Superdome signal a rebirth for New Orleans.... Or a remaking of the Crescent City.

The Marbury Question: Sneakers for Social Justice?

Does a socially conscious sneaker have a responsibility to be made in socially conscious conditions? You decide.

In Defense of Etan Thomas

Read Washington Times sports columnist Tom Knott's repellent piece about Etan Thomas and both my and Etan's response.

Cops vs. Jocks: The Shooting of Steve Foley

Varsity Ruse: High School Football Today

THIS WEEKEND, the new Disney film "Invincible" opens in theaters across the country. It's based on the true story of Vince Papale, who in 1976, at age 30, became the oldest rookie in the history of the National Football League. Its story line speaks to the frustrated aspirations of millions of former high school football players whose dreams of playing in college, let alone professionally, weren't realized. They constitute a new American sports archetype: players who fell just short of making it to college-level football.

The Problem with Troops and Hoops

There's something profoundly unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--having players spend time with wounded Iraq veterans.