Video: Yaya Toure highlights
If you’re as good at soccer as Yaya Toure, a year that is far from your best work still ends with you being named the best player on one continent […]
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Olympic gold, world record within reach for high-flying Barshim
Some athletes who can jump very high don’t necessarily look the part. NBA star DeAndre Jordan, for example, stands 6-foot-11 and weighs 265 pounds and yet he can lift that […]
Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and the Donald Trump thing
More than a year and a half ago, when Donald Sterling was the most vilified man in American media and Donald Trump was relatively low on that list, I suggested […]
High school hooper Ahmed Ali scores 103 points in one game
In the annals of Canadian basketball, Denham Brown holds a special place. The former University of Connecticut standout, who was drafted by the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics and has played all […]
Video: Islam Slimani highlights
While we’re on the topic of modesty and celebrations, here are some highlights of Islam Slimani, the 27-year-old Muslim striker from Algeria whose loud and intense goal celebrations are almost […]
Modesty and the Muslim athlete
First, we must acknowledge the hypocrisy: That is, how college and pro football players can make a play that sends thousands of fans in the stadium — along with millions […]
NBA journey ending for Turkoglu, Mohammed
Two of the longest-tenured players in the NBA, a pair who played for a total of 13 teams over a combined 32 seasons, have both reached the end of the […]
Video: Brimah Razak’s goalkeeper training
ESPN could have made one of its “30 for 30” documentaries about what happened to Ghana’s national soccer team and goalkeeper Brimah Razak during the first week of February 2015. […]
Rugby star, boxer owes transformation to Islam
For as long as humans have been interested in recognizing athletic excellence, versatility has been a highly valued trait. Amidst our canonization of Michael Jordan the basketball player and Babe […]
Prayer on the field should not be a problem
Somehow, some way, a scene that has played out over a thousand Friday nights in thousands of cities and towns across the United States recently became a source of national […]
