Sports
Beijing Olympics: Eileen Gu doesn’t care what the U.S. media thinks of her
February 9, 2022She won’t hear the complaints of betrayal when she’s standing on top of the medal podium.
Read more
Could this be the end of white supremacy in college football?
January 18, 2022The world of collegiate sports was shocked when the number-one high school football recruit in America, Travis Hunter, chose Jackson State University in Mississippi, a historically Black college, over Florida State.
Read more
Boxing, crime, and capitalism: Gerald Horne’s ‘The Bittersweet Science’ reviewed
December 8, 2021Incitement to murder for a thrill in general, and gambling returns in particular, transcends boxing per se, but emanates from a culture that views workers and oppressed people as things and treats force and violence as...
Read more
China says U.S. ‘diplomatic boycott’ of Olympics based on ‘lies and rumors’
December 8, 2021The Biden administration said on Monday that its diplomats would stay away from the February games in protest at what it said were human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.
Read more
Why no COVID vaccine requirements for S.F. Giants fans?
September 20, 2021Food service workers have to get the shot or have a negative test—but fans cheering and shouting in a packed stadium threaten workers and themselves.
Read more