CAIR weighs in on Waiters and the national anthem
Five days and several plot twists have happened since the Dion Waiters national anthem story first broke last Friday. In case you missed it: Waiters, a third-year guard with the […]
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Mahama Cho is fighting for Taekwondo world supremacy
To the mainstream American sports audience, mixed martial arts (MMA) has emerged as the combat sport of choice. At any given time of day, you can scroll through the cable […]
UPDATE: Dion Waiters, Islam and the national anthem
Part of my day job is to watch news wires from sports media outlets around the world to find the most interesting and important stories as soon as they’re published. […]
Nicolas Anelka’s very expensive good deed
Nicolas Anelka, also known as Abdul-Salam Bilal, is international soccer’s answer to pro basketball eccentric Ron Artest, also known as Metta World Peace. Both men have a history of letting […]
Wheelchair basketball helps heal in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, a country that is more than 99 percent Muslim, has been embroiled in one war or another since the late-1970s. Two byproducts of the violence and economic disarray are […]
Nine sports figures among ‘The Muslim 500’
Six active athletes, one retired star, one retired legend, and one behind-the-scenes power broker made their way onto the 2014-15 edition of “The Muslim 500,” an annual list of the […]
VIDEO: NFL Films features Husain Abdullah
It took “Monday Night Football,” a touchdown scored at the expense of a living legend, and a brief yet heated controversy for Husain Abdullah to become a household name among […]
VIDEO: Khabib Nurmagomedov’s greatest hits
If the old saying is true that we learn more about ourselves in defeat than we do in victory, then it’s possible Khabib Nurmagomedov does not yet know himself very […]
Ameer Abdullah is still the Heisman Trophy front-runner
If this seems like an odd time to advocate for Ameer Abdullah as the best college football player in the country and the rightful front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, well […]
Pogba can become an all-time great, teammate says
The accolades and accomplishments have come so often on such big stages for Paul Pogba that it’s easy to forget he is only 21 years old. And yet the star […]
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