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Sports
Hot Corner: Team USA wins big at Olympics, gets crushed in PR
For some sports fans, it’s often easy to forget the winter slate of Olympic competition exists. The summer games average over a billion more viewers than...
Features
LA sports rooting guide: What’s on tap for our teams?
LA is known as a Mecca for entertainment, and professional sports are no exception. The city is home to 11 professional sports teams, and...
Sports
Sports can still be influential, even if they’re not being played
The first draft of this column was about Italy canceling all professional sporting events in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
Sports
#IStandWithCherry reminds U.S. that xenophobia is not confined to our borders
Don Cherry may be the only man capable of rivaling the late Craig Sager's flamboyant suits. Bleacher Report ranks Cherry's 25 most obnoxious outfits. Somehow Cherry, who was fired by Sportsnet Nov....
Sports
LA NFL stadium should not be funded by taxpayers
As talk about the NFL's possible return to Los Angeles continues to heat up once again, the public should temper its excitement until it...
Sports
NCAA shines as leader against discrimination
Tonight, the men's college basketball Final Four tips off in Indianapolis, where last Thursday, the state legislature passed a "religious freedom" bill that will...
Football
Borland’s early retirement reflects football’s risks
Former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired last week after a promising rookie season, citing his fears of long-term health problems that could...
Sports
NFL should fully guarantee contracts
During what has been an undeniably wild NFL offseason, paying particular attention to the guaranteed value of player contracts being given out around the...
Sports
Racism among soccer fans must stop
Yet another very public incident of soccer-related racism has the sports world abuzz, discussing what has become a tired refrain—European soccer has a racism...
Sports
Baseball integral to US-Cuba relations
As Major League Baseball training camps opened for Spring Training last week, one of the most promising international free agents in recent memory, 19-year-old...
Sports
Knicks owner sinking iconic franchise
Aside from being the owner of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden, James Dolan plays many roles: he is...
Sports
NCAA falls short on Penn State punishment
On Jan 16, the NCAA restored 112 wins to the record of the Penn State University football program. One hundred and eleven of those...
