With the obvious exception of one Usain Bolt — the living legend from Jamaica who landed in Beijing, China, for this year’s biggest track and field...
Despite the fame and accomplishments of Muslim athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mesut Ozil, to name a few, there is still a surprisingly high...
It’s interesting how a catchy nickname and a strong hit of nostalgia can override conventional wisdom. While basketball fans spend this week and the next (and...
A couple of months ago, I spent a few days in Arizona during Major League Baseball’s annual spring training. If you’ve never been, spring training is...
The globalization of the National Basketball Association has been a multi-layered process: part geographic, part linguistic, part stylistic and part philosophical. Not only has the league...
If all goes well, Haroon Mota will cross the finish line at the 2015 London Marathon about two hours after the winner would have broken the...
What is excellence without exposure? While the devout Muslim wakes up and goes to bed striving for rewards bestowed by none other than Allah , the...
In the fortnight of wall-to-wall media hype dedicated to Super Bowl XLIX, no storyline has gone unturned. From Bill Belichick’s deflated footballs to Tom Brady’s nasal...
Already trying to maneuver its way out of accusations (and evidences) of insensitivity toward women and racial minorities, the last thing the National Football League needs...
While many of the activists and supporters backing her cause are in a celebratory mood, Indira Kaljo still faces the somber possibility that her career has...
