sports issues

I debated putting this in sports, but it seems to be more appropriate for a social issues and current events thread. Note that in the photo accompanying the article, McKinnon does not appear to be presenting himself as a female, and the text makes it clear that he's operating with...

MHQt79Z08os I recommend this video, but I realize that not everyone can watch or prefers another format. If you're unfamiliar with these terms, "walk on girls" were pretty young ladies usually clad in swimwear or a mini dress or something like that who would escort the players out in...

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/qatar-will-spend-200-billion-on-the-2022-world-cup/ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/qatar-spend-staggering-134-billion-world-cup-101315417.html Holy cow. I only need a tiny bit of that money for my high speed rail. And should any tiny...

I'm not very interested in sports myself, but come on! This is ridiculous! So sports is a great capitalist conspiracy to keep people distracted from politics and make them jingoistic. One wonders what kind of entertainment there will be in Chomsky's ideal society. Will we all sit and discuss...

Just like clockwork, a heavy-handed judge's decision at a track meet is bringing accusations that our government is waging war against Christianity: http://news.msn.com/us/nod-to-god-gets-track-team-disqualified The rules specifically state that raising one's hand over their heads in...

I'll never understand all the excitement and hype surrounding the Olympics. The statement "The Olympics have become a bloated, gaudy, over-hyped anachronism." from "Should We Abolish the Olympics?" rings true to me. I really do not understand the point of bringing all these different sporting...

Vanguard of unfettered capitalism. Defenders of free enterprise. Enemy of the global socialist plotters. Behold the face of the opposition. Under the watch of Obama a new cabal of socialism has reached new heights of popularity, influence and control of an awful lot of the means of certain...

Bloom to challenge NCAA, play football BOULDER - Jeremy Bloom has dropped his college football career squarely onto the NCAA's playing field, giving college athletics' powerful and historically unyielding governing body the opportunity to boot them both. At a crowded on-campus news...