Jane McManus

9/16/21

Why does it always come down to the victims having to do the work?

Pols need to listen and act, and it probably starts with razing US Gymnastics to the ground

8/31/21

Leagues are all-in on sports gambling — is that <em>really</em> a good idea?

Leagues are all-in on sports gambling — is that really a good idea?

We should be concerned that more betting partners potentially threatens the integrity of games

8/25/21

The icons of tennis are about to leave the stage, and the US Open will be our first taste of life without them in decades

Sure, we’ll get a look at the players they all inspired, but we are sure gonna miss Serena, Roger and Rafa at center…

8/4/21

Study shows NCAA has been holding back women’s sports

Blows away B.S. that there’s little interest in the women’s game

7/20/21

Naomi Osaka lights up Megyn Kelly, follows with Twitter block heard around the world

Reasonable people urge professional Karen to mind her own business

6/24/21

Ted Lasso is the coach we all need that we’ll never see

A leader of men who's affable, thoughtful and kind – what a concept

6/21/21

Even the Supreme Court can see through the NCAA’s B.S.

9-0 throttling of NCAA removes limits on education-related benefits

6/18/21

Get. Paid. Megan.

Sexy-as-hell Rapinoe deserves that sweet, sweet thong money from Victoria’s Secret

6/1/21

We can applaud Naomi Osaka without disparaging the media

Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open has sparked necessary conversation about athletes and mental…

Soccer

Women investing in women's sports is a game changer

There is a new financial model emerging in women’s sports, one that doesn’t depend on the traditional gatekeepers to…

Global Pandemic

Vaccine passports could be the ticket back to full stadiums

Ah, baseball’s opening weekend, fans in the stands and the Nationals sidelined by the coronavirus.

Soccer

Winning doesn’t change everything, ask Megan Rapinoe

“There is no level of status, and there is no accomplishment or power, that will protect you from the clutches of…

Politics

The lie that politicians are seeking to protect women with transgender exclusion bills

Soaring in like a phalanx across state legislatures, this has been the year of bills designed to keep transgender…

Global Pandemic

On the anniversary of sports shutting down due to COVID-19, what have we learned about sports, the virus, and ourselves?

It’s been a year since NBA player Rudy Gobert smeared his hands on reporters’ microphones at a press conference and…

Politics

Tennessee State Republicans want to treat student-athletes like employees, just not pay them like employees

For decades, the powers that rake in that sweet college sports cash have been claiming the unpaid labor force is…

Tennis

Naomi Osaka isn't Serena Williams' rival – she's her legacy

There is a poignancy in the current moment in women’s tennis. Naomi Osaka learned from the best, and then ended…

NFL

Bill Belichick backpedaled into right decision on top of a soapbox he’s never used

It has come to Bill Belichick’s attention that he will not be getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday…

WNBA

WNBA players risked it all to bring down one of their owners; it’s time we all supported them

Angel McCoughtry, who was drafted by the Dream in 2009 and still lives in Atlanta, spent the last few months…