Woman First, Professional Athlete Second
Sports are known for bringing people together. Yet, the degrading comments surrounding the Women’s National…
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Olympic Boycotts: Counterproductive or Moral Necessity?
Increased tensions with Western countries and recent revelations about the persecution of China’s Uyghur population…
Fair Pay, Fair Play, and the NCAA
The passage of California's Fair Pay to Play Act and the widespread adoption of similar legislation in other states…
A Political Fumble: The NFL’s Opportunistic Change of Tune on Colin Kaepernick and…
The manner in which Colin Kaepernick has been treated is symbolic of the NFL’s relationship with Black athletes…
Canadian-American Relations On Ice: Bilateralism Through Hockey
The impact of COVID-19 on Canadian-American relations is incredibly complex. However, we can look to the National…
Another Goal in Mind: “Sportswashing” in Professional Soccer
Governments have always attempted to repurpose public sporting enthusiasm for their political gain. Sportswashing…
Les femmes pour la première fois dans les gradins : petite victoire ou «opération…
Le 10 octobre dernier, 4000 femmes Iraniennes ont pu assister à un match de football dans le stade Azadi de…
Nike and Colin Kaepernomics
Sports is one of the most meritocratic facets of our modern society where performance and team contribution, rather…
Sochi and Sports: The Legacies of Cold War Policy in Modern-Day Russia
The use of sports to display an image of a strong, modernized Russia to the global community has been a common…
World Cup Dreams: The Politics of Football
Note: The author of this article will refer to the sport known as soccer to many Americans as football.
The…