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Baseball’s Chief Wahoo Is Out on Strike Four (Sort Of)
Under pressure from Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Indians announced this week that beginning in 2019, they’ll retire the Chief Wahoo mascot—the cartoonish, red-faced figure that’s meant to depict a Native American chief—but only from on-field team uniforms. “We have consistently maintained that we are cognizant and sensitive to both sides of the discussion,” said […]
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Athletes and Activism
American athletes have used their celebrity to spotlight injustices, but the NFL protests may be the largest in professional sports history. Still, there’s more they can do to challenge Trump and his allies.
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Professional Athletes Need a Coherent Strategy to Isolate Trump
Demonstrations should be careful not to play into the president’s hands.
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Trump Doesn’t Have the Balls
The president declines to throw out baseball’s ceremonial first pitch on Monday and face a certain barrage of boos.
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‘Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American’
A new exhibit spotlights American Jews and the fight for equality in baseball.
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The Jackie Robinson Story: Ken Burns Documentary Captures the Man and the Movement
The Ken Burns documentary airing on PBS this week demonstrates how the fight to break baseball’s racial barrier went beyond Robinson’s personal heroism and rested on a broad political movement.
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The U.S. Won the World Cup—Can We Take Women’s Sports Seriously Now?
On Sunday night-surely you know by now-the United States Women’s National Team won the World Cup with a high-scoring 5–2 victory over Japan. What has gotten just as much attention as the match itself-and rightfully so-is the pay disparity between men and women’s sports. The U.S. Women’s Team took home $2 million for their third […]
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March Madness: How Title IX Just Totally Rocked Your Sunday
During Women’s History Month, it’s important to remember how recently female athletes were excluded from college basketball.
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5 Ways to Bring Fairness Into College Basketball
March Madness now brings in more cash than the Super Bowl, but its star players won’t see a dime.