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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Muslim soccer referee Jawahir Roble is making history
From basketball and boxing, to tennis and truck racing, women’s sports are still by and large in a development phase in terms of maintaining a cultural footprint with the mainstream […]
Tacko Fall’s NBA journey begins with the Boston Celtics
The biggest name in the 2019 NBA Draft pool was Zion Williamson, the teenage phenom from Duke University who, as expected, went to the New Orleans Pelicans with the No. […]
Soccer star Paul Pogba talks about his conversion to Islam
Paul Pogba isn’t just one of the best soccer players in the world. He is one of the best athletes in the world across all sports. While the 26-year-old has […]
What does Islam say about sportsmanship?
It’s the kind of story seen most often in high school sports, but this week made its way to the highest level of women’s soccer. It involves two mismatched teams, […]
Why isn’t Rashaan Salaam in the College Football Hall of Fame?
On Dec. 5, 2016, Rashaan Salaam took his own life. The former football star was best known for winning the 1994 Heisman Trophy, given to the best college player in […]
Muslim sports figures celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan
This week marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which means Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr. It is one of two major holidays recognized […]
Julian Williams is one of boxing’s rising stars
Boxing is a sport constantly in search of its next big thing. Whereas the NBA’s top stars play multiple games per week during its season, and the NFL dominates every […]
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