Is tanking in sports morally wrong?
I’m writing this a few hours before the NFL draft, where bad teams (on the field) can become good (on paper) over the course of a weekend. The NBA and […]
NFL QBs aren’t that bad; give the defense some credit
Halfway through the 2023 NFL season, a prevailing theme of media coverage and fan discourse has been the consistently (allegedly) bad quarterback play. Here in Las Vegas, I’m living in […]
The realities of retirement for pro athletes
There are two types of sports fans: Those who have no problem comparing professional athletes to people with “normal” or “regular” jobs; and those who insist that pro athletes cannot […]
Failure and forgiveness for disgraced college coaches
The landscape of college sports in America has changed drastically in just the last decade. The College Football Playoff, launched in 2014, finally brought that sport into the modern era […]
Is Saudi Arabia’s sports takeover triggering more Islamophobia?
The sentiment is clear: American sports fans do not like Saudi Arabia’s growing involvement with their pro sports. The reasons are less clear: It may or may not have everything […]
What is a Muslim media outlet supposed to provide?
A recent social media scrolling session led me to a post by Twitter user @x__mariah: “I still think about how BET really still missed the bag with creating actual meaningful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Enes Kanter is the most interesting story of the NBA playoffs
Whether they’d like to admit it or not, the reality for a lot of NBA fans and media is that the 2019 playoffs have not been as interesting without LeBron […]
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