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By Amaar Burton on October 10, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Abdul-Jabbar’s 1979 season-opening buzzer-beater

As the start of the 2015-16 NBA season approaches, it will be tough for any of the league’s opening-night games on Oct. 27 to beat the drama and historical significance […]

By Amaar Burton on October 5, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Boxing promoter aims for a more Muslim-friendly show

It would not be a stretch to say that every Muslim living in a country on this planet that does not have a majority-Muslim population — especially in liberal Western […]

By Amaar Burton on September 24, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Muslim athletes celebrate Eid al-Adha on social media

This year’s Hajj — the annual pilgrimage of millions of Muslims to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia — was bookended by a pair of heartbreaking, tragic events […]

By Amaar Burton on September 19, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Islamic keys to losing weight and living healthy

On a recent episode of “The Deen Show,” Dr. Saiyad Salahuddin Ahmad shared some advice and tips on healthy living and eating right from a unique Islamic perspective:

By Amaar Burton on September 10, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

How one NFL fan turned a part-time hobby into a 24/7 media venture

The United States of America is many things; so many things that the titles and labels often contradict each other. We’re a beautiful cultural melting pot with an ugly racist […]

By Amaar Burton on September 6, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Muslim players to watch this NFL season

Although the NFL surpassing Major League Baseball as America’s favorite sport was a relatively recent occurrence, the NFL has been better than MLB at representing the social melting pot known […]

By Amaar Burton on August 31, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

Muslim medal winners at the IAAF World Championships

With the obvious exception of one Usain Bolt — the living legend from Jamaica who landed in Beijing, China, for this year’s biggest track and field meet under a cloud […]

By Amaar Burton on August 25, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Lassana Diarra highlights

Some of the skills required to be a good defensive midfielder in soccer are the same skills required to be a good rebounder in basketball. On his way to carving […]

By Amaar Burton on August 17, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Adebayor lists 13 reasons why he converted to Islam

By the end of soccer’s 2015 summer transfer window, Emmanuel Adebayor may have a new professional home. The 31-year-old from Togo, considered one of the elite scoring forwards in England’s […]

By Amaar Burton on August 16, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Manager: Paul Pogba’s best is yet to come

It doesn’t take a soccer expert to recognize why Paul Pogba‘s name has been linked to some of the world’s richest soccer teams on the international transfer and free agency […]

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