There was a lovely little essay in The Washington Post on Friday about how if Novak Djokovic, the best men’s tennis player in the world, can’t play the Australian Open, it’s his own darn fault. Not because he choked or forfeited in some way, but because he hasn’t gotten a COVID shot and must be punished for this cardinal sin.…
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In October, a scrappy NASCAR racer drove to his first win. He celebrated with his father as the two helped shock the stock car world by beating bigger, more established, better-funded teams. It sounds like the kind of happy ending movie scriptwriters dream about. But instead, it became known for something else entirely—three words, to be exact: “Let’s go, Brandon!”…
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From petty and nominal accolades such as the Athlete of the Year, to meritorious recognitions such as the Pulitzer, the absence of any genuine competition makes imminent the eventual disintegration of any sense of fair play. Simone Biles was named Time magazine’s 2021 Athlete of the Year, supposedly for inspiring global conversations about mental health after publicly prioritizing her physical…
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Plenty of Americans have already learned to live with COVID-19, but many posturing elites have refused to ease up on the fearmongering and protocols, and thus a chunk of largely blue America remains paralyzed by an endemic virus. After nearly two years of this maddening standoff, an unlikely liberator could break free those stuck in the COVID era and usher…
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This past February, filmmaker brothers Jon and Andrew Erwin faced the most intense crunch time of their careers. Both former ESPN cameramen, they had parlayed a love of inspiring true-life events into several hit films — and a partnership with Hollywood studio Lionsgate. “We tell stories of redemption,” Andy Erwin told me in an interview. “And this is the ultimate…
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NBA star Enes Kanter is now an American citizen and has legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom. The Boston Celtics center, who frequently speaks out against oppressive governments such as China and Turkey, passed his citizenship test and was sworn in as an official citizen of the United States on Nov. 29. I am proud to be an…
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After years of having very specific rules regulating testosterone levels and in what way biological males would be able to compete in women’s athletic events at the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has determined that there should be no barriers at all to men competing in women’s events. Its new ruling overturns the previous 2015 guidance, and should mean…
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The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros on Tuesday night 7-0 to clinch their first World Series win since 1995. The Braves started off the World Series with a game one win. After a couple of close calls with the Astros tying up the series, the Atlanta team finally knocked out their opponents with a 4-2 series ending. The team’s…
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In July 2020, the Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac was the lone player standing during the national anthem, and he says he has no regrets. During an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller’s “The David Hookstead Show,”Isaac spoke on why he made his decision to be the first to remain standing. “It came down to conviction,” Isaac, also an ordained minister,…
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During an appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers slammed the toxicity of “PC woke culture.” “There’s a PC woke culture that exists,” the Green Bay Packers quarterback told Pat McAfee. “And there’s a cancel culture at the same time, and it’s based on people’s own feelings of maybe personal [misery] or distaste for their…
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Washington State University announced the termination of football Head Coach Nick Rolovich and four assistant coaches on Monday after the coaches failed to meet the state’s deadline to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Rolovich filed for religious exemption before the deadline of Oct. 18 but WSU athletic director Pat Chun told reporters the coaches could not be accommodated. After the Cougars’…
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You’d better watch out. You’d better not cry. You’d better keep masking for the rest of your life. Anthony Fauci is coming to town — this time with the doom-and-gloom tidings that it’s “too soon to tell” whether we’ll be able to celebrate Christmas this year. Although he said it with a straight face, the entire self-serious interview was laughable…
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When the Brooklyn Nets take the floor on their home court this season, star point guard Kyrie Irving may not be in the starting lineup. He may not even be in the stadium. Why? Because Irving refuses to declare his vaccination status, and the state of New York won’t let him in the stadium if he isn’t vaccinated. If Irving…
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Jackson State’s Peyton Pickett shoved his Florida A&M defender to the ground to pick up extra yards on Sunday while the crowd went wild — something Pickett and other members of Jackson State’s football team are probably used to. But what they aren’t used to is being nationally broadcasted, as the game was. National coverage is not taken lightly in…
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It’s been a banner year for male athletes making waves in women’s sports. Corporate media have shamelessly hailed these men edging out women as a great achievement in human rights, in contradiction to public opinion wherever it’s been fairly measured. Most recently, a man named Alana McLaughlin, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, beat female fighter Celine Provost in the…
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It started when the University of North Carolina took on Virginia Tech at the start of college football season and a stadium full of fans jumped and cheered to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as the teams took the field. It continued into the second weekend, when fans at both Brigham Young University and University of Arkansas stormed their fields. You know…
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In the long awaited return of NFL football, fans grew silent just before kickoff as players from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys lined up in the end zone and interlocked arms. Then a video of Alicia Keys lit up and she broke into song accompanied by the Florida A&M Concert Choir as they performed what’s been called the…
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I’ve been back in the SEC two days, and I’ve already lost track of how many college football references have cropped up in conversation. My college freshman brother, never a particularly big football fan, was checking the score between Florida and Florida Atlantic because, as he informed me, several of his friends were there. We met extended family for dinner,…
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Seeing athletes kneel to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has become nearly as ritualistic as playing the national anthem. It now stands out when a player doesn’t kneel, a considerable change from just a few years ago, when players like Colin Kaepernick of the NFL generated controversy through their on-field protests. That’s perhaps what’s most striking about the…
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“Sports is like a war without the killing,” once said Ted Turner, the founder of CNN whose greatest achievement is probably owning the Atlanta Braves. Cheering for your country on the field or in the stadium elicits competitive patriotism, giving nations around the world a chance to trample each other to victory without anybody getting shot. The Olympics offer this…
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