Sports & Fitness
‘Shut Up and Write’ — Should Sports Journalists Voice Political Opinions?
In recent years, preventing sports and politics from overlapping has become increasingly contentious.
Rebuilding Jai Alai: Athletes Aim To Save Their Sport Through Community, Gameplay and Technology
Christopher Bueno recalls watching his father play jai alai on a Friday night, like the ritual of nighttime football in the United States.
Soccer: A Game of Cultural Fluidity
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup deep underway, no matter what you call it — soccer in some places and fútbol in others — it’s perhaps the most culturally fluid sport in the world.
Weini Kelati: Breaking Records and Navigating a New World
When Weini Kelati made the choice to board a plane and leave her home country of Eritrea to come to the United States, she had one goal in mind: to make it to the Olympics.
Swimmers Conquer Their Toughest Challenge Yet: The Dead Sea
Swimmers gathered in November 2016 to make the trek from Jordan to Israel, across the Dead Sea, one of Earth’s saltiest bodies of water.
Check Out These New Shinguards That Promote Maternity In Women’s Soccer
On the eve of the Women’s FIFA World Cup, a new set of shinguards has been unveiled as part of a “Guard Your Rights” campaign to draw attention to maternity in women’s football.
For Spike Lee, ‘The Struggle Continues’ When Making Multicultural Movies
For Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, even though there’s been an uptick in the number of multicultural storytellers in movies, “the struggle continues.”
North American Basketball and Its Influence Around the World
The Denver Nuggets this week won their first-ever NBA Championship in a basketball league that in recent decades has gone global. Teams of the National Basketball Association have regularly done exhibition game overseas, where they can measure their strengths by […]
