The ideal of athletics is that you do not know whether your team or hero will prevail. But when you see LeBron James starring in a Polymarket ad, it makes you wonder if it is all fixed
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The naming of Michelle Obama as a “man” did political ideological work that wove together very dangerous and toxic American politics at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality
The Fourth of July Hmong Freedom Celebration, known simply by attendees as J4, is the largest gathering of Hmong people in the United States. Since the late 1970s, tens of thousands of Hmong from across the United States and the world gather in St. Paul, Minnesota for the annual summer sports and culture festival.
Griner’s incarceration is an attempt by the Russian government to embarrass the United States
The year 2021 ended with some sporting news. Or, it would seem like news, yet it sounded old. […]
“Where Were You When We Were Getting High?”: English Football, Politics, and Culture Since Euro 1996
It’s a long time since the vaporous heyday of Cool Britannia, and both the UK and European football look much different than they did in 1996.
Before beanie babies and Pogs, small rectangles of cardboard were the errant investments of a stratifying American society.
Making excuses for the Olympic swimmer who stormed the Capitol only serves to disguise the corrosive whiteness of US swimming.