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It is about the memory of who stood and who did not stand with Chile in their darkest moments.-

Most damning is that in each and every case, with the possible exception of Detroit and Tampa Bay, the team would be better served by just firing the owners and keeping the head coaches who were sent packing.

Tragically it is not the kind of character valued in the NFL, and that’s the heart of the damn problem.

Baseball may not be a game that handles change without crisis. But it is a game that makes saps of us all.

Based upon the speeches during the main portion of today’s events there can be little doubt that the Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this commemoration of his life. There was no discussion of the “evil triplets.” Instead, we had far too many speakers pay homage to the narrowest possible liberal agenda in broad abstractions with none of the searing material truths that make Dr. King’s speeches so bracing even today.

The time to organize resistance begins now, with no illusions in the IOC, their corporate sponsors, or the good will of our own government.

Whether or not there is a boycott, connecting Putin's systematic attacks on LGBT people to the Sochi Olympics is a stroke of political genius

The only thing “rattling” in future generations will be the skeletons of what once comprised the fan-base of this sport.

Enjoy the game. Don't buy food.

We can no longer say that no active male athlete has ever come out of closet. Meet the NBA's Jason Collins.