A mile in one second: Musings on human capability
In your mind’s eye, do you see a Herculean figure with Jesus’s hamstrings throwing himself forward at 36 times the speed of a fastball from a professional pitcher?
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A Patriot Way: Belichick refuses medal but brings honor to franchise
With such history, Belichick’s denial of the award is perhaps one of the largest snubs Trump could have gotten from any sports figure. But I’d argue Belichick’s statement did more than serve as a slap in Trump’s face, if not just for the sake of symbolism.
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About time for some slime: Nickelodeon’s NFL Wild Card broadcast made football fun again
What Nickelodeon did is show everyone — not just existing sports buffs — that they too belong in the world of athletics.
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Change doesn’t stop with a first
It’s easy to ignore problems in women’s sports when they aren’t headlining news. However, the very reason they aren’t is the crux of the issue. Hidden beneath multiple retweets is the complex ecology of inequity that demands our attention.
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College basketball in 2020 doesn’t make sense
The NCAA was right to cancel March Madness 2020 when it did. Why, then, with the country in a much worse position with regards to COVID-19, has college basketball resumed now?
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Football isn’t free
However, the situation differs for alumni and donors to the university. Football games, and their outcomes, influence if and how much they donate. Much like a “free” lunch, the relationship is not contractual, but it very much exists implicitly.
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Musings on a strange season
At some point, we must look in the mirror and ask ourselves what our priorities are if we’re playing football now.
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Be positive: Cal football not to blame for cancellations, confusion
Wilcox, Knowlton and the players are rightly frustrated with the fact that they are being held to an impossibly high standard while programs across the country are allowed to play with many more cases and with much less fallout.
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Don’t roll over the role players
If a player wants to be a successful Laker, superstar or not, they must have the thick skin Bryant referred to.
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Mike Tyson 2.0 and the limited impact of #MeToo in sports
As sports fans, we must acknowledge the dangerous pedestal we put athletes on. Refusing to do so is simply irresponsible.
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