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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
On April 8, World Wrestling Entertainment put on what is annually its biggest event on the calendar: “WrestleMania 34” from the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show prominently featured […]
Consider the dilemma of the socially conscious, conscientious objector whose skin color and/or religion does not align with mainstream White Christian Western society. When a real, perceived or anticipated injustice […]
Back in August 2016, the same month in which the Olympic Games began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, basketball’s international governing body (FIBA) was supposed to meet and vote on […]
The Muslim American community has become inextricably linked to the most controversial sports story of 2016. Before an NFL preseason game in Santa Clara, Calif., on August 26, San Francisco […]
The comforting, feel-good narrative was that Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States did not need to win a fencing match, let alone a fencing medal, for her first Olympic experience […]
I wasn’t going to write this. When three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away on June 3 at the age of 74, surrounded by his family in Scottsdale, […]
I recently attended a public panel discussion titled “Journalism So White” that explored a wide range of topics related to race and the American media. The focus was not so […]