I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that. | | | | | The Cameron Crazies have a strict "Don't pet the players" policy. (Lance King/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.”
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| | rantnrave:// One of MICHAEL JORDAN's most famous quotes long defined how many athletes approached political issues. "REPUBLICANS buy sneakers, too," he once said to avoid endorsing a black DEMOCRAT in the 1990 NORTH CAROLINA SENATE race. It set the tone for a generation. But that's no longer the case. Even NIKE, which sells those sneakers, is no longer apolitical. Its new ad is titled "Equality" and even if it's not meant to be a political statement, it will be interpreted that way and the company likely knows that. Any speech that could be seen as anti-TRUMP is taken that way even if it's not meant to be. The ad highlights a demographic of stars who have felt slighted or insulted by the president. As athletes get more outspoken, is it wrong to assume the companies they endorse will too? Nike must please its customers and the stars who endorse its shoes. UNDER ARMOUR CEO KEVIN PLANK ignored at least one constituency last week and it got him in trouble. Last week, WARRIORS coach STEVE KERR said modern NBA players speak out more than his generation because of a "call to duty." Sports and politics has always mixed. You can explore that in our new REDEF SportsSet: "Should Athletes Stick to Sports?" But if Kerr is right, how will their shoe and apparel companies respond since their customers are not all Democrats or Republicans? Under Armour or Nike, which example will other companies follow?... The PATRIOTS already have a copyright for their sixth SUPER BOWL win... FINLANDIA U. finally won... What power looks like, in one tweet... What the hell happened here?... I thought trading cards only came with bubble gum. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| After a giant sale and payday-and a surprise speech for President Trump-UFC boss Dana White is reenergized and rolling forward. | | |
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| The story behind Reds' pitcher Michael Lorenzen's famous home run. | | |
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| After fours years playing as girls and boys together, St. John's 5th grade CYO basketball team was told two weeks ago that the girls can no longer play. | | |
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| When a famous QB gets flimflammed, some gumshoeing is in order. | | |
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| Six months after hosting South America’s first-ever Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Rio de Janeiro venues sit mainly idle and already in disrepair, raising questions about a legacy that organizers promised would benefit the Brazilian city and its residents. | | |
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| On Wednesday (Feb 8), "Super Smash Bros. 4" legend Gonzalo Barrios (“ZeRo”) declared that Bayonetta is the best character in the game right now. Since early last year, Bayonetta has gone from a despised, over-powered monster to a big question mark and, now, apparently, a balanced but elite pick. | | |
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| The joys of women’s college gymnastics, the best show on TV. | | |
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| Former No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden opens up to OTL's Jeff Goodman about his personal battles, being labeled a "bust" and returning to Ohio State, where he is a student assistant coach and working on his degree. | | |
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| With the team starting to win not only games but the respect and admiration of their peers, the beauty of Hinkie’s plan continues to unfold from beyond his (basketball) grave. Suddenly, with Ben Simmons’s debut still to come, we can root for the Process and root for success at the same time. | | |
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| Sports is supposed to be an escape. Why do we choose to suffer by adopting unfulfilling teams, when in 2017, we can adopt whoever we want? | | |
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| Even before they won their fifth Super Bowl together, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady were the twin pillars of the greatest dynasty in NFL history. | | |
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| Hapoel Katamon offers up the seemingly simple, yet all too often impossible magic of a fútbol team in helping all corners of society come together as one. | | |
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| That the N.F.L. has even been a politics-free zone is a fallacy. To the contrary, professional football has been suffused with politics for decades. | | |
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| After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at a soccer field in the eastern part of the city -- and this time without the restrictions imposed by Islamic State group militants. | | |
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| NFL Senior Vice President of Events Peter O’Reilly on what it takes to plan and pull off a successful Super Bowl and other large gatherings for the league. He addresses everything from security to fan involvement to the relationship between the NFL and local partners. Plus, what the best-selling jerseys in the National Hockey League say about the state of that league and why Olympic Champions could be kissing recycled gold on the podium. | | |
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| Matt Shoemaker and his wife were raised near Detroit and they do not intend to move from the area any time soon, but spending baseball off-seasons in the cold presents problems. | | |
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| When Beyoncé got political and paid tribute to the "Black Lives Matter" movement at the Super Bowl last year, many sports fans were up in arms, accusing the star of violating what some consider to be an unspoken rule: Keep politics out of sports. | | |
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| At age 105, Robert Marchand, a French amateur cyclist, is fitter than most 50-year-olds, and appears to be getting fitter with age. | | |
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| There is some hope the AFL’s new lovechild will force the hand of the old guard when it comes to the shadow of homophobia that lingers in the game. | | |
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| For the NBA's most confounding franchise, the spotlight is on the tempestuous, blues-strumming owner--cable-television tycoon Jim Dolan--and a much maligned coach who will either build a winner or lose his job. | | |
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