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. Personally, it’s the most…
The police department of San Francisco State University (SFSU) has ruled that charges are “unfounded” and suspended an investigation into last April’s attack on NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. The action seems odd given the nature of the attack and the…
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 participate in small wagers, office pools, and fantasy…
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 government, and general mucky-mucks dissatisfied with a model of amateur…
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 They list activists like Billie Jean King, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos, as well as overpaid, modern, but still outdated ones like Megan Rapinoe and…
Appropriately, it was an overhead forehand smash at the net that clinched the men’s doubles at the Australian Open for the Anglosphere team of Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna. The big man from Bangalore, at 43 one of the masters…
Bill Belichick, who won a Super Bowl in one of every four seasons he coached the New England Patriots, parted with the team on Thursday. “He is the greatest coach of all time,” owner Robert Kraft said without hyperbole received…
The last Selection Sunday of the four-team College Football Playoff era went down pretty much according to chalk. Michigan’s inclusion everybody was certain of. Undefeated, ranked No. 1, conqueror of archrival Ohio State. Nobody for a moment doubted their bona…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, which would have barred physicians from performing “gender reassignment surgery” or prescribing “cross-sex hormones” to minors. It would have also banned schools from knowingly permitting transgender-identified male students to play on girl’s…
San Francisco is undergoing out-of-control urban decay. Its reputation is taking a hit as violent crime, homelessness, and theft are making the Golden Gate City a place to avoid, with businesses and residents leading the exodus. It’s even impacted the…