The murder of George Floyd was the galvanizing force behind a significant response from the sports world last year. After the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday April 20, fans turned to athletes for a response.
Despite having been relatively quiet in the past few months, the National Basketball Association commented on the trial results immediately. These responses seem to have been driven by audiences’ awareness of the NBA’s recent hesitancy towards the topic.
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter protests broke out prevalently in the sports world last year, spurred by the murder of George Floyd which forced the movement into popularity across the nation. Black people are still being murdered by policemen, and where the sports world was previously vocal, it seems suddenly quiet once more. Where have the sports activists gone?
Read MoreThe world needs to stop debating, as if the question is hypothetical, whether transgender individuals have the right to simply exist alongside their peers. These individuals are real and valid human beings. They do have the right. End of story.
Read MoreThe 2022 Winter Olympic Games, being held in Beijing, China, have drawn ire due to human rights abuses committed by the government against the Uighurs and other ethnic minority groups. This has called into question the possibly of boycotting the games, something that the United States has not done since the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union. Whether or not this is the right course of action is subject to debate; however, the complaints of “politicizing sports” are disingenuous toward the history of the Olympics.
Read MoreWe all know that to be a great athlete it’s important to take care of our bodies by eating well, exercising and taking care of injuries properly, but a less common acknowledgment is that to perform well in sports, you also need to take care of your mind.
Read MoreSpring Training is finally underway in the MLB, and with it is a league that saw some rapid changes over the offseason. Chief among these changes was the fact that the New York Mets actually look like a contender this year for the first time since their World Series run in 2015 after their sale to billionaire Steve Cohen.
Before getting into the changes, however, let’s instead look at what has stayed the same in the MLB. The least surprising aspect that stayed the same for the MLB was the glaring apathy MLB teams and management have for their own players, especially those who are trapped down in the minors.
Read MoreIt’s the dream of many kids who go to a professional baseball game to come home with a piece of the game—the actual baseball. Is there a point in time, however, when kids outgrow that dream and pass the dream on to the next generation?
Read MoreOne of the hardest parts about going to college is trying to manage time effectively. Regular students have this issue and for students that double as athletes, it is harder for them to do so while also getting the necessary amount of sleep.
Read MoreBy the end of the night of July 31, the New York Mets had written the ultimate testament to their inescapable mediocrity.
Read MoreThe Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League were on a team bus on their way to a playoff game in Nipawin, Saskatchewan on the night of Friday April 6. Just shy of 30 passengers boarded the bus.
Read MoreIn the wake of the past few National Football League seasons being full of injury and rule controversy, the NFL owners once again voted to change the game of football. Players in the upcoming season will no longer be allowed to lower their helmets to initiate a tackle.
Read MoreFrom the high-profile audience members to the players themselves, fashion strongly influences the experience of a National Basketball Association game. NBA players often are not only professional athletes, but powerful and fashionable celebrities. The opportunities for players to innovate fashion make the NBA more appealing to a wider audience.
Read MoreIf you are a college basketball fan, March is the month you spend all year waiting for.
Read MoreThe United States Women’s Hockey team brought home the gold at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Read MoreDuring a heated matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks on Feb. 6, tragedy struck yet again for the Knicks.
Read MoreThe Cleveland Indians have decided to prohibit the portrayal of mascot Chief Wahoo on team uniforms and in their home stadium of Progressive Field starting in 2019. While the team uniforms will change, fans will still be allowed to don and proliferate the logo as much as they like.
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Eagles capped off their improbable dream season in dramatic fashion on Sunday Feb. 4, defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 in the Super Bowl LII in Minnesota.
Read MoreFormer American gymnastics physician Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar received a sentence of up to 175 years in prison on Jan. 24 for abusing young athletes, according to The New York Times. This verdict is extremely important and demonstrates that sexual assault knows no boundaries.
Read MoreFrom fear of terror attacks throughout the London Games to concerns of mosquitoes diffusing Zika virus during the Rio Games, with each Olympic Games comes a new sense of horrified anticipation.
Read MoreThe 2-10 New York Giants have been nothing short of a disappointment during the 2017-18 season thus far. It has been a year plagued by injuries, attitude questions and coaching blunders, which the Giants franchise is not accustomed to.
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