By now you’ve heard about the comments of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley. A day prior to South Carolina’s victory over Iowa in the NCAA women’s championship game… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
So ubiquitous, and acceptable, is sports gambling these days that Clay Travis offers free prop bets for March Madness games on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. And it’s not only the success… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
The Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium was a dramatic tournament this year, with the tough and persistent and courageous Danielle Collins riding a low seed — was she seeded at all? — all the way to the w… No…
The meteoric rise and fall of Quarterback Kenny Pickett in Pittsburgh in less than two short years (actually, in Pickett’s case, less than a year and a half of games) is taking the NFL by storm. Perso… No hoodwinking or…
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will soon compete for the National Football League championship title. Over 200 million people are expected to watch the game, and many will particip… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…
They pounded another nail into the coffin that is traditional amateur athletics on Monday. “They” is an amorphous actor, to be sure, comprising athletes, power brokers, agents, the courts, the gove… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…
Compilations of “the most politically influential and outspoken” athletes crop up here and there occasionally. They list activists like Billie Jean King, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos, as well as over… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…
The Hail Mary pass. It’s a desperate, last-ditch attempt by a football team to score a touchdown in the waning seconds of the game. The pass usually comes from near midfield, well outside of the typic… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling…
I helped bring some holiday cheer to the Internet with the research paper I co-authored demonstrating that sex differences in sports performance persist regardless of gender self-identification. “Obvi… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access…
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” Such were the immortal words of wisdom of the grim Dean Wormer to Kent “Flounder” Dorfman, the — well — fat, drunk, and stupid frat boy … No…