The presence of Donald Trump in the White House isn't the only reminder of how far we have to go in snuffing out racism in this country. Monday night witnessed one of the most disgraceful...
Baseball might still be the national pastime, but football has always had a tendency to bring politics to the forefront. This year, if you knew where to look and how to see it, Super Bowl...
For much of Super Bowl LI, there wasn't a whole lot to laugh about. The Atlanta Falcons controlled matters for most of the game before the New England Patriots mounted the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history...
Former basketball star Magic Johnson has spoken out against President Donald Trump's latest action, the immigration ban. Johnson told TMZ that:
"It's wrong to discriminate against people. We have a lot of great Muslim brothers and sisters who...
The 2016 college football season began with a textbook case on how not to handle sexual assault at a major university. You may recall that Baylor was all but forced to fire head coach Art...
The 2016 college football bowl season was almost tainted by a travesty at the Holiday Bowl. Two weeks ago, Minnesota's football players threatened to sit out their bowl matchup against Washington State when ten of...
The Harvard Crimson men's soccer team was having a banner season. With two games to go, it was well on its way to winning the Ivy League--and with it, a slot in the NCAA tournament. However,...
Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton just picked up a superstar endorsement: basketball player LeBron James. In an emotional op-ed written for Business Insider, James shared the struggles of his childhood and his hometown of...
Not content with letting fellow runner-up Republican nominee Ted Cruz creep back into the spotlight alone, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is back in the news. Not surprisingly, it is for something extremely hypocritical.
Florida Marlins pitcher Jose...
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is a man of many talents. He's been a wrestler, a public speaker, and a politician. He also served his country as a Navy SEAL in his younger years.
Ventura is also...
We have been closely following the reactions to San Francisco Quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to stay seated during the playing of the national anthem. He chose this controversial form of civil disobedience as a means...
Oh, man, I will never, ever forget the baseball season of 2004. My beloved Boston Red Sox, the team I'd been following since 1967, finally won the World Series. They finally ended the "Curse of...
When Colin Kaepernick first began his quiet protest for racial equality in the U.S., he didn't have much support.
The NFL Quarterback was accused of being anti-American, anti-military, and especially anti-police.
The protest that garnered so much angry...
It should come as no surprise that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem in protest of police brutality has stirred up a lot of outrage. But we recently...
The Star Spangled Banner is in the news again after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick created a patriotic controversy before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. Rather than stand during the song’s...
What does it mean when people in this country stand up to "Pledge Allegiance" to the country? What does it mean when they come to their feet with hand over heart while listening to the National...
For the most part, born-again Christians in Europe aren't as hidebound as their counterparts here in the States. I know from experience; for the last seven years I've attended a church planted and led by...
Remember Curt Schilling? The MVP baseball pitcher and World Series winner? Perhaps you remember him more recently as the man who used social media to demean gay people, Muslims, and transgender people to the point...
Tennis player Andy Murray won his second gold medal in the men's singles competition on Sunday night in Rio, an amazing feat. He even had some energy left over to fact-check a journalist from the BBC...
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history with 25 medals (and counting), is one of the greatest swimmers of all time. He is beloved by millions of Americans who hold their collective breath every...
