A book and hit movie depicted Michael Oher as a Black kid saved by adoptive white parents. Oher says that’s not the real story.
Sports
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Saudi Sports Grab Is a Humanitarian Disaster
Saudi Arabia’s soccer revolution risks perpetrating a similar labor crisis as seen in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Posted inBooks
Clinton’s Backwash
To make sense of Ron DeSantis, who trolls a liberal elite that has not faced its own failures, a former teammate reflects on their time playing baseball at Yale in the 1990s.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Public Subsidies to Sports Stadiums Aren’t Going Away
A Tempe, Arizona, vote showed cities can decline to fund millionaires’ arenas—but some municipalities still shower wealthy teams with taxpayer dollars.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
PGA Golf Is the Latest in a Long Line of Sports Monopolists
The involvement of Saudi funding might force antitrust enforcers to act this time, however.
Posted inTAP
If You Three-Putt, You’ll Be Dismembered
Today on TAP: The PGA selling out to MBS is pro golf’s version of the Republicans’ submission to Trump.
Posted inTAP
Soul on Ice
Today on TAP: Why did Labor Secretary Marty Walsh give his president the bum’s rush?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senators Berate the Ticketmaster Monopoly
Members of both parties call for the ticket giant to be broken up.
Posted inEducation in America
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The disparity of graduation rates for Black and white scholarship athletes will become more glaring if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
Posted inWorking in America
Baker at the Barricades
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker takes the helm at the NCAA just in time for the college athletes’ revolution.