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December 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Nikki Haley uses the Olympics to fear-monger over North Korea.
September 28, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Pathetic Truth About Trump’s Culture Wars
The president's rant against kneeling athletes is a sign of things to come.
September 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump will never stop being a racist president.
September 24, 2017
Ryan Kearney
Every NFL player should kneel for the national anthem today.
July 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Chris Christie Is Bad at Talk Radio, Too
The abysmally unpopular governor of New Jersey is talking sports this week. It’s not going well.
February 3, 2017
Kevin Mahnken
The Real Ties That Bind Donald Trump and the New England Patriots
The president and the NFL dynasty have a lot more in common than personal connections.
January 6, 2017
Lovia Gyarkye
Can the NFL’s Rooney Rule help make Congress less white?
November 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump (probably) lying about support from Bill Belichick and Tom Brady is the perfect way for the 2016 election to end.
November 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
2016 has been a great year for sports and nothing else.
October 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
No, Colin Kapernick isn’t responsible for the NFL’s precipitous ratings drop.
October 21, 2016
MagazineAlex Shephard
The UFC’s Dirtiest Move Yet: Union Bashing
Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes?
September 22, 2016
Stacia L. Brown
Fox’s Pitch Is Not Pure Fiction
Recalling the three black women who gender-integrated the Negro Leagues.
September 21, 2016
Joyce Millman
Outside Baseball
Fox's new drama about a woman in Major League Baseball, 'Pitch' aims to tell an uplifting story of female empowerment. But is it realistic?
September 16, 2016
MagazineJeet Heer
Divide and Conquer
How professional sports and stand-up comedy taught Trump to profit from racial stereotypes.
September 12, 2016
Stacia L. Brown
For Black America, Absolute Love of Country Is Impossible
Colin Kaepernick's protest reflects our contentious relationship with the U.S. flag and national anthem.
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Colin Kaepernick deserves better.
August 21, 2016
Sukjong Hong
The Heinous Olympification of Seoul
The 1988 Summer Games set the template for the “neurotic” model of economic development that has plagued Rio and other Olympic cities.
August 17, 2016
Clio Chang
How the Olympics Lost Millennials
The International Olympic Committee and its American media partners have failed miserably to bring the Games to where young people live.
August 15, 2016
Maggie Shipstead
A Gentleman’s Sport, Now With Lasers
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.
August 12, 2016
Rafia Zakaria
Pakistan’s Boxing Triumph
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.

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