In Egypt and now Turkey, the revolt of the intense and usually apolitical "ultra" soccer fan clubs has been an important factor. June 12, 2013
I love baseball, so here's my own humble advice about a different way to handle the performance-enhancing drug scandal. June 10, 2013
The same mayor who rammed through the closure of 50 schools wants to hand out $100 million for a new basketball arena. May 29, 2013
Concession workers at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, have voted to strike after three years without a raise. May 21, 2013
Youth sports are tragically lacking in the very quality that they are supposed to promote: good sportsmanship. But why? May 14, 2013
NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III recently spent an electrifying day at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. May 9, 2013
NBA player Jason Collins is the first active male athlete in North American professional sports to come out of the closet. May 2, 2013
Steubenville High School officials awarded their rape apologist football coach with a two-year contract extension. April 29, 2013
In honor of those determined to run and not live in fear, we shouldn't easily surrender what made the Boston Marathon so mighty. April 23, 2013
If this week's bombing will always be a part of the Boston Marathon, then so is the story of Kathrine Switzer. April 17, 2013
In a first for a major sports organization, the National Hockey League is taking a stand against anti-LGBT bigotry. April 16, 2013
The first impulse of the NCAA and Adidas was to try to turn a college basketball player's grisly leg injury into dollars. April 8, 2013
Pro sports leagues need to be educating young men about the need to stand up to rape and violence against women. April 1, 2013
The hero worship of Steubenville High School's star football players led to violent sexism and a sense of entitlement. March 20, 2013
A young woman is being protected by armed guards as the rape trial of two high school football players gets underway in Ohio. March 14, 2013
The murder case against Oscar Pistorius in South Africa is connected to a global epidemic of violence against women. February 25, 2013
An NBA rookie has been on the sidelines most of the season in protest over his team's handling of his mental health issues. February 20, 2013
Whatever NFL commissioner Roger Goodell may think, the Washington Redskins' name is a source of shame, not pride. February 13, 2013
It was moving that Baltimore Ravens Coach John Harbaugh chose a moment of triumph to honor the great Muhammad Ali. February 7, 2013
The 34-minute blackout at this year's Super Bowl is a symbol of everything wrong with neoliberal America. February 6, 2013
It's a testament to a shift in public sentiment that the two teams in the Super Bowl have reputations as supporters of LGBT rights. January 31, 2013
More daunting than any mountain climb is Lance Armstrong's attempt to ride Oprah's couch back into the public's good graces. January 16, 2013
How do we explain the vastly different levels of attention paid to crimes of violence and power at Penn State and Notre Dame? January 9, 2013
Soccer star Kevin-Prince Boateng raged against fan racism during a recent match, but what came next was more inspiring. January 7, 2013
Sports self-destructed in 2012, under the weight of greed and a bloated sports media conditioned to look the other way. January 4, 2013
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