PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, Kimberly St. Julian Varnon, discusses the detainment of WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia after Moscow officials allegedly found vape cartridges and hashish oil in her possession earlier this year.
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on the decision by the Washington Commanders to fine Defense Coordinator Jack Del Rio 100K for his comments comparing Jan 6th to BLM
Kyle Kulinski comments on the introduction of the Saudi Arabian LIV Golf tour and the high profile American golfers who sold out to play for them
By Michael Phillips Richmond Times Dispatch Washington Commanders assistant Jack Del Rio has been fined $100,000 by the team for comments referring to the Jan. 6 insurrection as a “dust-up” on Wednesday. Team coach Ron Rivera released the following statement on Thursday: “This morning I met with Coach […]
Not only is MBS a murderous psychopath, but he genuinely seems like an unlikable drama queen. Even if he wasn’t a genocidal dictator, I’d still be happy seeing Tiger turn him down.
Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender female to win in an NCAA Division One swimming event, has a teammate who is speaking out about UPENN’s efforts to censor the athlete’s critics.
The reason coach Kerr is so emotional is because he lost his dad to an assassination so this just touches home
Why is no one treating Saudi Arabia with the same standards as we have with Russia? Saudi Arabia is literally a basic dictatorship and their actions in Yemen are literally causing millions of people to starve. But no, we don’t section them, we allow their citizens to compete […]
Krystal and Saagar bring an update on the Russophobia on display in elite institutions such as the Boston Marathon who banned Russian and Belarusian runners from competing
By Pritha Ghosh First Sportz Russian tennis players can continue to compete, they must do so under a neutral status, meaning they cannot display their country’s flag. In the wake of widespread bans on Russian athletes in response to their country’s military incursion in Ukraine, a coach who […]
By David K. Li NBC News The history-making moment came days after Rachel Balkovec began her managerial career calling the shots for a New York Yankees farm club. Alyssa Nakken coached first base for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, making her the first woman to ever […]
Political reporter for The Hill, Julia Manchester, describes how Republicans plan to leverage the issue of transgender athletes during midterms.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has introduced a bill co-sponsored by 20 of her GOP colleagues that honors Emma Weyant, who finished in second place to Lia Thomas in an NCAA swimming championship last week.
Yet they still hold racing events in Saudi Arabia? These people are so hypocritical and jokes of the world. Are they going to do the same for any players from Australia, Spain, Poland, UK and USA? Those countries did the same in Iraq in 2003, but the 2003 […]
Saagar issues a strong defense of fitness culture and its health benefits in response to MSNBC having a so-called expert declare that fitness is fascist and needs to be cracked down on
Natalie Dowzicky makes the case against allowing Lia Thomas to compete with other women in NCAA swimming.
Ukraine is a country that has experienced both a color-coded revolution sponsored by the West and a secession of its eastern regions sponsored by Russia, been in a state of de facto civil war for 8 years, and caught in the middle between Atlanticist aspirations for unipolar world […]
Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and Kim Iversen discuss the detention of basketball player, Brittney Griner, in Russia.
Krystal and Saagar weigh in on the comments made by Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant after NYC’s covid guidelines allowed unvaccinated star teammate Kyrie Irving to sit courtside but not play in their recent home game
Krystal and Saagar respond to the most striking case of retaliation against Russians for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as demands by made for world #1 tennis player Medvedev to explicitly denounce Putin or be banned from competing in tournaments
New variants are always gonna come now time to just move forward and live our lives.
Kim Iversen details the mounting pressure placed on Russians to denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jesse Singal and Cyd Zeigler debate whether transgender woman athletes should be permitted to play in women’s leagues.
Krystal and Saagar offer their perspective on the UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell’s comments on the war in Ukraine that went viral last weekend
Krystal and Saagar are joined by former minor league baseball player and senior adviser for the American Economic Liberties Project JD Scholten to better understand how greedy MLB owners are robbing fans of baseball.
Krystal and Saagar update viewers on the disastrous Olympics ratings for NBC now that the games have come to a close
That sounds a lot less like an apology to the people and a lot more like an apology to the Saudis for being honest about their atrocities.
Krystal and Saagar go into the controversy involving Saudi Arabia and the golf world after legendary golfer Phil Mickelson expressed an interest in switching from the PGA to Saudi Arabia’s new league
Instead of leveraging the PGA to change their behavior, shouldn’t Mickelson be leveraging the Saudis to change THEIR behavior?
Conservatives: Corporations are ruining society with their wokeness and censorship. Also Conservatives: Reeeeeee this stuff is too sexual and not PG enough.
Kim Iversen criticizes L.A. county’s mask mandates for children, even as they play outside sports.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to last night’s super bowl halftime show.
If you’re like me, you’re not watching the Olympics, currently taking place in that winter wonderland of Beijing, China, where the snow is totally fake but the silencing of American athletes is depressingly real.
Krystal and Saagar break down the ratings drop for The Olympics on NBC that could cost the company billions of dollars if the trend keeps going
By Linh Dinh From 2/8/2011: Of the 225 countries that watched the Super Bowl, nearly none play American football. Not familiar with the rules of the game, they merely stared at a spectacle. Of all American sports, football is one that has not spread overseas. It doesn’t translate […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss public health response to gambling addiction.
By Callie Patteson New York The Department of Homeland Security has warned that a trucker convoy protesting vaccine mandates — similar to the ones that have transfixed Canada in recent days — could start in the US on Super Bowl Sunday. A bulletin warning of the potential protest […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss quarantine conditions at the Olympic village.
Kim Iversen breaks down new developments in the possible sexual harassment case of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.
By Catherine Garcia The Week Running February 4th through the 20th, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will be different, and not just because of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States and several other countries have said they won’t send diplomatic representation in protest of China’s human rights […]
Andrew Marden explains why one Olympian is missing out on the 2022 Olympics due to Covid.
By Jeva Lange, The Week In one of my characteristic moments of having no idea what day it was (a state I’ve lived in more or less constantly since March 2020), I got the inkling this week that the Opening Ceremony must be impending and did a requisite […]
Team Rising weighs in on Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL for racial discrimination.
By Brendan Morrow The Week Say goodbye to the Washington Football Team and hello to the Washington Commanders. The Washington Football Team on Wednesday officially revealed its team name has been changed to the Washington Commanders. The team’s new name and logo were unveiled on the Today show and […]
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