Broadcaster Suzy Kolber, let go by ESPN, once wanted to play football. Instead, she became one of the best television football journalists ever.
Author: Mike Freeman, USA TODAY
Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players
Ron DeSantis said in an interview that basketball players are “freaks of nature” and baseball players are hard workers. This wording is an old trope.
It’s Juneteenth, and Black athletes must ask: How do we stop attacks on Black power?
Black athletes have the power to fight anti-Blackness from politicians like Ron DeSantis. They need to use it even more than they already have.
‘You can battle through things’: First woman NFL ref chronicles challenges in new book
Shannon Eastin, the NFL’s first woman game official, says in a new book she was assaulted in a hotel lobby. It happened before she joined the NFL.
More than a logo, more than a Pride Night, MLB falls short on showing LGBTQ+ support
Major League Baseball has sincerely tried to have thoughtful Pride Month celebrations. But the sport has also had some significant missteps.
How ex-NFL player hopes his football past can help topple Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate seat
Colin Allred is running against Ted Cruz in Texas for the U.S. Senate. Can Allred win? It’s possible Allred’s NFL background can help him beat Cruz.
Hate loses: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the heroes of this Dodgers story
The Dodgers originally capitulated to hate by disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Dodgers on Monday re-invited them. The Sisters won.
Dodgers fail miserably, crumble under pressure by disinviting Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The Los Angeles Dodgers made a cowardly decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night on June 16.
Jim Brown was a Hollywood legend, an activist and highly flawed. ‘I do what I want to do’
You cannot discuss the life of Jim Brown without talking about all of him. He was a great player and Hollywood legend. He was also highly flawed.
Ja Morant joins legions of Americans with a gun fetish in new video on social media
Ja Morant is wrong for brandishing a gun on social media. However, Morant is embarrassingly American in one huge way: he photographs himself with guns.