Racial Slurs Have No Place in Football

Racial Slurs Have No Place in Football

The leaves are changing. The scent of pumpkin spice lattes is in the air. In short, it’s football season. And like millions of my fellow Americans, I love football. But I’m also American Indian. So for me, football season also means hearing a racial slur all the...
A Super Bad Deal

A Super Bad Deal

How about this year’s Super Bowl, huh? You may know that the final score in this nail-biter was 28 points for the Patriots to 24 for the Seahawks. Let me add: minus 2 million for the city of Glendale. Two million dollars, that is. That’s the amount that Mayor...
Say It Ain’t So

Say It Ain’t So

What should sports fans do when our heroes turn out to be frauds? Maybe you grew up watching Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire breaking home run records, as I did, only to find out that they (and just about everyone else in professional baseball) had been using...
A Corporate Coup in College Football

A Corporate Coup in College Football

Growing up in Texas, I learned that God and guns were important, but football — well, football was the real religion. So I can understand the hyperbolic exuberance of a radio hypester in Montgomery, Alabama, who declared that the December 20 Camellia Bowl was “going...
The NFL’s Drugs vs Thugs Double Standard

The NFL’s Drugs vs Thugs Double Standard

The NFL’s stance on illegal drugs is clear. If you’re caught possessing or using them, you’ve automatically earned yourself a suspension. Consider Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington’s case. He lost his entire 2014 salary of $2.9...