New York City Mayor Erich Adams now has special rules for athletes and entertainers. They don’t have to wear masks or play by any of the rules that condemn others to being fired and face financial ruin. New York even…
After a one-year absence and another year with only the most spare and (literally) antiseptic iteration in history, March Madness is back this spring in all its pomp and glory. Multiple sites, pep bands, fans, cheerleaders, a Final Four in…
The ongoing saga of the NBA’s love affair with a repressive state took an interesting turn last month when Enes Kanter Freedom was cut from an NBA roster. Thus has been eliminated the only player in the league with the…
NBA superteams have had a rough couple of weeks. James Harden, high-scoring guard for the Brooklyn Nets, got his reported wish and was offloaded to the Philadelphia 76ers and away from the basketball eminences surrounding him in Brooklyn — Kyrie…
Our lives are about perfecting our souls. Every moment counts. And yet we each need “down time” to avoid or relieve the stress of life’s demands. We craft and cultivate distractions to keep our engines motored and lubricated. Many of…
Members of the commercial, political, and cultural elite — the so-called “superclass” — are notoriously willing to overlook the human rights abuses committed in their name even as they pay lavish lip service to the loftiest ideals of public social…
High-tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, has come clean about what has been obvious for the longest time but until now never so clearly stated. In a recent podcast, reported on by National Review, Palihapitiya said “nobody cares” about…
Before addressing how LeBron James is a purveyor of cancel culture, I feel compelled to acknowledge his basketball greatness. Yes, before it got woke, I was a big fan of the NBA. I still watch the playoffs, though that…
This year our family decided to do something a little off the beaten track for Christmas. We spent it at a casino. We picked one of the big venues on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, figuring that food, fun, and fellowship…
Of Steve Simon, president of the Women’s Tennis Association, you can say he is a sports entrepreneur who puts his money where his mouth is. He has been expressing urgent concern for the safety and well-being of Peng Shuai, the…