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Empty protests of Qatar World Cup show players see evil, but can’t close FIFA’s Pandora’s Box

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It’s been a week for performative protests in soccer. Last Sunday, Glasgow Celtic and Rangers followed Wilfried Zaha’s lead and tore the facade of the kneeling before the opening whistle protest. It was just three days after one of Rangers’ players was racially abused by an opponent, and it was clear to them that…

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Herbstreit’s woe is tradition rings laughably dense in today’s NCAA

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Kirk Herbstreit complaining that Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC is ruinous to college athletics — “It’s all about money. It’s no longer about tradition” — is a very special kind of willful ignorance. Read more…
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NFL doesn’t give Black QBs the same opportunities

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In football, there is no position more coveted than that of the starting quarterback. The quarterback is the leader, the facilitator, the field general for an offense. He is the engine that makes the team go. It is on his shoulders — literally — that determines the production and success of a football franchise. Since… […]
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Why are not NHL goalies drafted like NFL quarterbacks?

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The NHL Draft begins tonight, together using all Alexis Lafreniere that the lockdown No. 1 choice to your New York Rangers. He’ll be the very first winger to be obtained first overall because Nail Yakupov eight decades back. Making sense, as a winger drops supporting centres along with defensemen on the listing of priorities such […]