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Is another Muslim player being blackballed by the NBA?

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Nazem Kadri hoists Stanley Cup in the face of haters

By Amaar Burton on August 27, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Muslim medal winners at the year’s biggest track meet

Track and field’s most prominent stages have been on shaky ground for the last few years. And that’s not just because the sport lost its biggest superstar when Jamaican sprint […]

By Amaar Burton on July 22, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Abdelfattah joins NBA coaching staff after conquering G League

Mahmoud Abdelfattah is on the fast track to an NBA head coaching job. During a typically busy basketball offseason, the Chicago native and former St. Cloud State University player was […]

By Amaar Burton on May 1, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Robert Saleh can rebuild the NY Jets into a winner

Robert Saleh is, as far as we know, the NFL’s first and only Muslim head coach. The 43-year-old from from Dearborn, Mich. — the city with the largest Muslim population […]

By Amaar Burton on April 24, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jamaal Wilkes stand up for Jerry West

Forget the NBA playoffs, the NHL postseason stretch run, or the early part of the MLB schedule. The most intriguing drama in sports television right now is the new HBO […]

By Amaar Burton on April 16, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Muslim players to watch in the NBA playoffs

The story of Kyrie Irving‘s 2021-22 NBA season has been one of the most unique in recent memory. The Brooklyn Nets’ star point guard played in just 29 of the […]

By Amaar Burton on March 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim MMA fighters in the UFC rankings

The sport of mixed martial arts is, by name and by nature, a cultural melting pot. Take some Muay Thai boxing from Thailand, some jiu-jitsu from Brazil, some judo from […]

By Amaar Burton on February 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

NY Jets coach Robert Saleh faces big decisions before historic debut

When the New York Jets finished the 2020 NFL season with a 2-14 record, the franchise began a rebuilding process by firing head coach Adam Gase and hiring Robert Saleh […]

By Amaar Burton on February 21, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Is Muhammad Ali The G.O.A.T. For All Sports?

When Tom Brady led the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 7, he collected the seventh Super Bowl championship of […]

By Amaar Burton on February 20, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Zlatan Ibrahimovic targeted with anti-Muslim slurs

A fan of Serbian pro soccer team Red Star hurled anti-Muslim slurs at AC Milan (Italy) star Zlatan Ibrahimovic during a match on Feb. 19. The Red Star organization issued […]

By Amaar Burton on July 28, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad sets a new world record

Watch enough track and field meets, and you’ll eventually hear an athlete or an announcer reiterate the theory that the 400-meter hurdles race is perhaps the toughest single event in […]

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