With the rash of unjust police shootings, all eyes are on the home front, so to speak: Americans are talking about racial inequality and
Category: Sports
The team with the most money lost today: Cardinals vs Dodgers–a political parable
Unaccustomed as I am to writing about sports, I beg for indulgence just this once. I’m still breathless from this evening’s amazing come-from-behind win
It’s okay for Americans to not thoroughly embrace soccer
Every four years, when the World Cup comes around, Americans have to figure out how to respond to the fact that soccer is the
This loser has every right to be sore
[by Arthur Lieber] If every rule has an exception, thent “no one likes a sore loser” has Stephen Coburn as its exception. This Wilfred
Cardinal Nation: the one you may not know
“Cardinal Nation” is the way that fans of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team collectively describe themselves. The group seems to be so closely-knit
Mark Cuban chooses thought and reflection over piling on
I recently saw a revival of the great line that came out of the movie, Forest Gump. “Stupid is as stupid does.” The phrase
“Draft Day” offers tips on what it takes to lead the country
It may be that the movie “Draft Day,” currently in theaters, is just a niche film for football fans. It’s for real fans who
“The two Brazils:” How World Cup preparations highlight economic disparities
With soccer’s World Cup just a few months away—this time in Brazil—the story behind the story is beginning to emerge. The sports story will,
From welfare to riches to (corporate) welfare
It’s the classic story on ESPN about an athlete; how he or she goes from welfare to becoming a super athlete who is super-rich.
In the NFL, players have to talk. Owners don’t.
The 2014 Super Bowl is over, and some of the names that were repeatedly bounced our way may never be heard again. A year from