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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…

5/11/21

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…

4/5/21

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.

3/24/21

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…

3/19/21

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…

3/11/21

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…

2/26/21

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…

2/19/21

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…

1/12/21

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…

1/6/21

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…

12/21/20

The WNBA’s activism and how it just might change the country in a matter of weeks

Early voting is underway in the Georgia senate race, and the Jan. 5 outcome will determine whether Democrats or…

12/13/20

Talking about Sarah Fuller as a ‘first’ avoids the uncomfortable conversation of Katie Hnida

Just after Sarah Fuller calmly kicked her first extra point for Vanderbilt yesterday in a game against Tennessee,…

12/10/20

America thinks fans at the Super Bowl is a really stupid idea

Watching a football game during a pandemic is a bit like watching people smoke on the sidelines for three hours. No…

11/23/20

Dabo Swinney either doesn't get that COVID is killing people or doesn't care

This week, as the CDC advises against Thanksgiving travel in a week when the coronavirus rate has soared to a peak…

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