The Northwestern University football team’s struggle to form a union raises the question of what it means to be a worker.
For all the gay players that have played in the NFL, Michael Sam is the first to "live his truth" openly.
Claims by anonymous officials that Sam will bring negative PR to the NFL are functionally and morally indistinguishable from simple bigotry.
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What the reaction to Richard Sherman showed me is that rooting is a fan’s privilege. And it’s a benefit players will never get to see.
The fact that the principals involved in this saga are all elite male athletes engaged in blood sport should not blind us to the fact that everyone, regardless of salient identities, is deserving of safe workspaces.
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"we should reject this as stereotypical trash."
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A sportswriter looks back on his history with America's favorite pastime.
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