Who thought you’d hear about so many of the world’s greatest athletes on the Olympic stage “not trying hard enough?” This Olympiad’s Summer Games in the long term will be remembered by Americans for extraordinary accomplishments by their country’s youthful swimming squad, the women’s gymnastics team, led by all-around champion Gabby Douglas, the redemption of the women’s [...] Read More
News of the tragic death of nearly 100 people who were involved in a riot following an Egyptian soccer match is the most recent example of a far-too-common occurrence of fans allowing their enthusiasm for their favorite teams to morph into illegal behavior. Levels of fandom have always been in existence, with quite a bit [...] Read More
While the National Football League and the National Basketball Association have undergone tense negotiations for new collective bargaining agreements in recent months, a similar situation is occurring with Australia’s elite soccer league. Now, a financial report from the chairman of the Australian Sports Commission is being challenged as faulty and one of its proposed measures [...] Read More
The United States edged Brazil in a match that made for sweaty palms, tachycardia, and chewed-off fingertips. And, yes, I’m proud to say it: It was a women’s soccer game. The match, which stretched into extra time and then into penalty kicks, saw the US edge Brazil 4-3 in quarterfinal play, capping a thrilling comeback. [...] Read More
In 1964, South Africa was banned from Olympic competition due to apartheid. It didn’t return until 1992. It was also banned from the Rugby World Cups of 1987 and 1991, also due to anti-apartheid sporting bans. But after the abolishing apartheid and electing a new democratic government in the early 1990s, South Africa began a [...] Read More
Across the pond, there’s a big fuss over something called “super injunctions,” which as an American, I had never heard of until stumbling across a story on the International Journal of Sport Finance blog. In short, a super injunction is a legal tactic in England that is, to quote Tech Crunch Europe, “when someone rich [...] Read More
By Aaron Geiger: Last year, Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount sucker punched Boise State’s Byron Hout at the end of a hotly contested football game after Hout mouthed off. This month, Baylor’s Brittney Griner decked Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle after a Lone Star shoving spree during a women’s basketball game. The events were remarkably similar: a [...] Read More