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This year’s NCAA Women’s final was the most thrilling and “satisfying” in recent memory. That the LSU Tigers set a scoring record in defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes speaks volumes. LSU blitzed Iowa 102-85 to win the NCAA championship. LSU defeats Iowa Angel Reese is the ‘Bayou Barbie’ who led LSU. Caitlin Clark is the National… Read more.
Memphis Player Charged As the teams walked toward center court following Bowling Green’s 73-60 win in the Round of 16 game [on Thursday night], Memphis’ Jamirah Shutes stopped to talk with Falcons’ player Elissa Brett. After a short conversation, Shutes appears to throw a punch at Brett’s face. (CBS News, March 24, 2023) No, the… Read more.
Sports authorities should ban trans women from competing against cis women. Fundamental fairness demands it. Yet sports authorities worldwide have been allowing trans women to do just that. Fairness be damned. Trans women banned Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been the face of efforts to enforce this ban. And it has cost her a lot. Millions… Read more.
Lewis Hamilton is racing from F1 champion to F1 distraction this season. He’s Black and proud. So he must find it humbling to make news only for his off-track dating and fashion choices. Lewis Hamilton should retire I am a big Hamilton fan. You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger one. I can even cite… Read more.
Chiefs Win 2023 Super Bowl It could have been the best game ever. The score was 35-35 with 2 minutes left. That should’ve led to a thrilling finish. But the Chiefs spent those last 2 minutes milking the clock to ensure the Eagles never got a chance to soar again. This spectacle had Chiefs quarterback… Read more.
Patrick Mahomes is the Black quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Jalen Hurts is the Black quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Mahomes and Hurts will lead their respective teams in this year’s Super Bowl. That will be a first in NFL history. I am happy for them. But I am not celebrating. Black quarterbacks are in the Super Bowl Doug… Read more.
Pelé, the GOAT Legacy and social media are replete with people eulogizing Pelé. And they are all saying practically the same thing. It’s some version of this: Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82. … For more than… Read more.
Messi leads Argentina to World Cup title This World Cup was the best! The guardians of this beautiful game couldn’t have scripted it any better. Proof enough came from fans marveling at the unprecedented hospitality. But its success had everything to do with players’ dazzling feats. Fans experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat several times… Read more.
Neymar equals Pele’s record Brazil can cite objective criteria to avoid giving Neymar this coveted recognition. But most Brazilians would forgive the CBF for using this goal-counting method as a pretext to do so. If it didn’t, Neymar would replace Pele as the face – not just of Brazilian soccer but of Brazilian pride. And you’d be hard-pressed to find… Read more.
Frankly, bitching about human rights in Qatar is rather like awarding China the next World Cup and then bitching about Orwellian censorship there. Read more.
