Tag: Culture

Why March Madness belongs to the women: Star players, big ratings make it tourney to watch

There’s always a sign.Last spring, I first noticed something special was happening when I couldn’t walk half a block in Dallas without running into...

What Utah star Alissa Pili represents to the basketball fans who flock to see her

SALT LAKE CITY — Admirers peppered throughout the arena, all of whom came to see No. 35, pick a random end of the floor,...

NAACP urges current, future college athletes to reconsider public Florida schools

In an open letter published Monday, the NAACP urged Black college athletes to “reconsider any potential decision” to attend a public university in Florida...

When your landlord bats leadoff: The insular, clannish world of baseball real estate 

Shortly after haggling his way out of free-agent purgatory and into a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kiké Hernández asked his wife,...

College athletes are getting closer to becoming employees. What would happen next?

The NCAA inches closer every day to a tipping point of dramatic overhaul. Years of tectonic shifts around college sports could soon usher in...

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