Reading Time: 3 minutes The great divide in sports is spurred by phoney patriotism and over-commercialization
Category: Sports
NFL tackled for a loss by Trump
Reading Time: 5 minutes By taking on NFL players over their anthem protests, the president shows he understands their fans better than they do
Legalized U.S. sports gambling? It’s about time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Now the trick is to put the revenue to the best use: on public fitness and activity initiatives
Gambling and pro sports: a marriage made in heaven
Reading Time: 4 minutes But with so much more money to be made, the potential for mischief seems great. How do we control that mischief?
Are the Golden Knights the greatest sports story of all time?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a mug’s game to select one great sports moment over another. But that doesn’t make Vegas’s success any less remarkable
NFL puts greed ahead of freedom of expression, again
Reading Time: 4 minutes NFL owners are rich, not necessarily smart. Forcing players to stand at attention during the national anthem undermines basic rights
Don’t pin the Raptors’ failure on Casey
Reading Time: 4 minutes He could’ve stood at half court performing triple salchows and it wouldn’t have convinced his players they had a chance
Ah, the playoffs: LeBron’s wrecking crew act, Marchand’s licking lunacy
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the NBA, Toronto could not withstand the irresistible force that is LeBron James. In the NHL, the rule book has been abandoned
Drop-in ads on baseball radio broadcasts are getting out of hand
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s like meeting a longtime friend for a relaxing coffee chat only to get barraged by a multi-level marketing sales pitch
To the loser go the spoils … at least when it comes to the NHL draft
Reading Time: 4 minutes Getting to the bottom is the only way to get to the top when it comes to securing quality prospects