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Another ‘miracle on Ice’ Not since Team USA stunned the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics has victory felt this electrifying throughout the West. But last night, the script flipped. Canada played the US role as the scrappy underdog; the US played the Soviet role as the bullying hegemon. That’s how much of a… Read more.
Jill Biden embodied the Eagles’ quiet strength and effortless grace In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, the Philadelphia Eagles soared over the Kansas City Chiefs, defeating them in vengeful fashion 40-22. Frankly, this game made me wish the NFL had a mercy rule. Because the Eagles made all the hype about a Chiefs historic… Read more.
This might be the only Trump policy I agree with: transgender women shouldn’t be competing in women’s sports. But even this photo-op screams Jim Crow 2.0. Frankly, it looks like Trump didn’t invite Black girls, assuming they’re just ‘DEI athletes‘ who don’t deserve protection from transgender competitors. Read more.
Casual football fans think Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. But real fans know that day is Conference Championship Sunday. And no fan should’ve been surprised that my Eagles finally made the Commanders look like the lucky upstarts they were. The Eagles demolished the Comanders 55-23 for the NFC… Read more.
Unrivaled players will earn more than WNBA players Imagine WNBA players earning better pay and enjoying superior amenities in the off-season than they do during their regular season. That’s the reality the women behind Unrivaled are creating with the new basketball league they launched last weekend. And they’re putting the men running the WNBA to… Read more.
Real Time host Bill Maher clashed with liberal scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson over his refusal to say that men have a physical advantage over women in sports, insisting he’s ‘part of the problem.’ (Fox News, November 23, 2024) “Wokeism” is mostly a MAGA trolling trope. Yet Maher gave it credibility during his HBO clash with… Read more.
The long nightmare is finally over for New York’s WNBA fans. After a 28-year drought, the Liberty clinched their first championship, defeating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in a decisive Game 5. Sure, this drought wasn’t as bad as the Knicks’ ongoing 50-year struggle, but at least the Knicks have two NBA titles to their name.… Read more.
Pete Rose personified everything good about professional baseball. His nickname, “Charlie Hustle,” said it all. But it was his record-breaking 4,256 hits that sealed his legacy as one of the all-time greats. Unfortunately, Rose had a tragic flaw: he was a gambler. Mind you, even then he was an honorable gambler, betting only for his… Read more.
Yesterday, during a congressional hearing, NFL legend Brett Favre announced that he has Parkinson’s. It was the most cynical play for sympathy by any superstar athlete in US history. After all, he was summoned to explain why he conspired with a bunch of good old White boys to siphon off millions in Mississippi welfare funds.… Read more.
Colleges have finally accepted the categorical imperative of paying student-athletes; they’re just litigating how much. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Case in point, just as smaller schools once scrounged for equipment while big schools banked TV revenue, lesser-known athletes now hustle for lunch money while stars rake in NIL… Read more.
