I grew up playing sports year-round, with baseball and basketball commanding most of my time, and I have been a die-hard sports fan my entire life. In addition to writing about sports on various blogs for years, I have written for Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated’s Predominantly Orange, and while Paste did not have any sports coverage, I was lucky enough to have an editor who trusted me to properly integrate politics and sports whenever the opportunity arose. Below is a sampling of what I have written on sports in various outlets over the years.
Lose the Owners: A New Sports Agenda For a New Political Age
America’s Next Major Fight Between Labor and Capital Will Happen in Professional Sports
Sports Have Always Been Political
Reggie Bush Would’ve Been the Best Weapon Ever Had He Been Born a Decade Later
What is Vance Joseph Doing with the Denver Broncos Defense?
- (please let the record show that I was on the righteous side of this contentious hire from the start)
Don’t Stick to Sports: Jemele Hill, ESPN and Our Perverted Media Culture
Putin’s Yankees: How Vlad Rigged the Russian Hockey Season for His Favorite Team
The NFL’s Broken Politics Embody the Ideology of “Centrist” Apoliticism
Jenny Cavnar Broke Down a Huge Barrier in Major League Baseball Last Night
What We Can Learn about America’s Economic Paralysis from the Baseball Hall of Fame
Sorry, Dan Crenshaw, but the NFL Is Communist
Tape Don’t Lie: Trevor Siemian should not be the Denver Broncos’ Starter
MLB Using Memorial Day to Sell “Charitable” Merchandise They Profit From Is So America
The 20 Most Political Athletes in U.S. History
The Dismantling of the Miami Marlins is Reflective of the Republican Tax Bill
The NBA’s Misadventures in China are A Perfect Example of How Capitalism Has No Moral Center