Showing posts with the label
Sports
The N.C.A.A. on Friday announced that it “could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated N.C.A.A. academic rules” in what is widely considered the worst academic scandal in college…
Few episodes of the post-9/11 era have called down more disgrace upon the military than its handling of Tillman’s death and its treatment of his family in their search for answers. The most comprehen…
One of college basketball’s most illustrious coaching careers seemed to come to an ignominious close on Wednesday as Rick Pitino was ousted by the University of Louisville. “Effective immediately, Co…
Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and the University of Southern California were among those arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday after they were caught…
Premier League clubs would have a harder time hiring European talent like N'golo Kante after leaving the EU. The top flight of British football--the Premier League--is arguably not the most compe…
ESPN, the sports network that’s hemorrhaging viewers and purging much of its on-air talent, on Tuesday published a poetry tribute to a woman who was convicted of killing a police officer. One day bef…
Three explosions went off next to Borussia Dortmund's team bus on Tuesday night, leaving one player injured and causing the club's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco to b…
Iranians not welcome here (among others): On the USA's non-existent prospects for hosting the 2026 World Cup. It's pretty evident that you should not host one of the world's most internat…
As it turns out, today’s Super Bowl match-up involves the NFL’s top two teams in terms of paid patriotism—those all-American displays paid for by the military without being advertised as such. Accor…
The United Kingdom's unprecedented feat at the 2016 Rio Olympics--winning more medals [67] in the event following the one they hosted [65 at London 2012]--has not gone unnoticed. Far more populou…
To paraphrase Jenson Button, it's "Baku baby, yeah." As a commentator on third world goings-on first and foremost, it behooves me that last Sunday's European Grand Prix on the stre…
What does Zinedine Zidane have to do with selling kitschy Indian real-estate? Apparently nothing. It is fairly common in booming countries of Asia for real-estate developers to embark on mega-project…
It is with some sadness that Aubrey McClendon--the man who brought the Oklahoma Thunder to Oklahoma City--formerly the NBA title-winning Seattle SuperSonics-- passed away under still-unexplained cir…
AC Milan in its mid-1990s heyday. It's very far from there now. Italian club AC Milan is, in a way, emblematic of wider fortunes of its home nation. For such a long time a giant of European and h…
Just sue it: Michael Jordan takes on the fakers "Qiaodan" ."The image of China as the Wild, Wild East of intellectual property protection is, in many instances, well-deserved. After al…
Coach Wenger [hearts] the EU: Like his European players, he would find it much harder to work in the UK if it left the EU. I am likely preaching to the converted here, but consider this somewhat surp…
What's the 'Paris-Dakar Rally' doing in Bolivia, of all places? Ask winner Toby Price (AUS). It may strike you as false advertising, but the world-famous test of endurance known as the Pa…
It must get hot wearing these Olympic outfits when there's no A/C. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Brazil during the tail end of the Lula years was riding high on elevated commodity price…
The Brave Blossoms have been the breakthrough team of the Rugby World Cup. Despite Fox Sports Asia broadcasting it here, I haven't been able to follow the ongoing Rugby World Cup in England all t…
