The Subtle Bigotry That Made Jeremy Lin the NBA’s Most Surprising Star

by Jamilah King on February 8 2012, 9:27AM

The Knicks point guard has dazzled the league and his teammates this season. But the reason for that surprise has everything to do with longheld assumptions about Asian American athletes.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Jeremy Lin

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Jerome Bettis’s Hall of Fame-Worthy Fight to Save Kids From Asthma

by Brentin Mock on February 3 2012, 10:01AM

“The Bus” is up for NFL Hall of Fame induction this Super Bowl weekend. Brentin Mock says his bold activism on behalf of EPA’s clean air rules is proof enough that he’s among the greatest.

Topics: Environment, Health

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Why Black Union Workers Matter In This Year’s Super Bowl Showdown

by Jamilah King on February 2 2012, 9:51AM

Indiana’s unionized workers have found an unexpectedly loud ally in the NFL’s players association.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Economy

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Do Tebow’s Politics Get a Pass Because They’re Conservative? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on January 17 2012, 9:37AM

Colorlines.com readers talk football, “family values,” and race.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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What’s Not to Love About Tim Tebow? Start With His Anti-Abortion Ad

by Jamilah King on January 12 2012, 9:00AM

The wildly popular Denver quarterback proudly touts his evangelical Christian political principles. But athletes who take up progressive causes risk widespread criticism—and often their livelihoods.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality

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ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr. Theme Song After Obama-Hitler Comparison

by Jorge Rivas on October 4 2011, 12:00PM

But Williams isn’t backing down from his comments on the irony of politicians golfing together while working America struggles.

Topics: Politics

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The Last Fall: How NFL Dreams Turn To Nightmares

by Jorge Rivas on September 13 2011, 11:58AM

The average NFL player’s career only lasts three years. A new film explores what happens to many athletes once they leave the field for good.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Serena Williams Loses Point at U.S. Open Women’s Final For Talking

by Jorge Rivas on September 12 2011, 12:50PM

Looks like you can moan and groan all you want on the tennis court, you just can’t use actual words.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality

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Fox Sports Cancels Show that Mocked Asian USC Students

by Jorge Rivas on September 8 2011, 11:51AM

A Fox Sports spokesperson called the offensive debut episode the now-defunct show “clearly offensive.”

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Fox Sports Humiliates Asian Students at USC

by Jorge Rivas on September 7 2011, 1:44PM

Fox Sports has taken some cues from Alexandra Wallace.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Oscar De La Hoya Admits to Cheating, Alcohol and Cocaine Addiction

by Jorge Rivas on September 1 2011, 11:34AM

The Latino boxing champ says he’s battled alcoholism since he was 8 years old.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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HBO Orders Spike Lee Directed Mike Tyson Boxing Drama

by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2011, 12:45PM

The show is said to be modeled loosely after Tyson’s career inside and outside of the ring.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Touré Distances Himself from ESPN’s Michael Vick ‘Whiteface’ Saga

by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2011, 9:00AM

Cultural critic Touré says that ESPN The Magazine’s decision to run a photoshopped image of Vick as a white man distracts viewers from his original point of how race played a role in his high-profile dog-fighting scandal.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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To Protest Arizona’s SB 1070 or Play in Tonight’s All-Star Game?

by Julianne Hing on July 12 2011, 11:08AM

Players have taken different sides of the debate over Arizona’s SB 1070, but will any refuse to take the field on one of baseball’s biggest nights?

Topics: Immigration

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U.S.-Based Fans of Mexico’s Soccer Team Face Backlash at Gold Cup

by Mónica Novoa on June 29 2011, 2:15PM

Even if you missed it, the game was riddled with clues on just how hostile our country’s debate over immigration has gotten.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Jay Smooth Has a Message for LeBron James, And Sports Fans

by Jamilah King on June 14 2011, 2:21PM

Is the basketball superstar trying to talk himself out of a job?

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Football Star Michael Strahan Joins Same-Sex Marriage Campaign

by Asraa Mustufa on June 13 2011, 11:37AM

The move makes the former Giants star one of just a handful of black athletes to publicly support same-sex marriage.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Are Sports Champions Obligated to Score Political Points, Too?

by Jamilah King on June 6 2011, 9:55AM

As professional athletes have risen in media exposure and income over at least the past four decades, so too has the call for them to take center stage in some of the country’s fiercest political battles.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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What Jim Tressel’s Downfall Says About Unpaid College Athletes

by Jamilah King on June 1 2011, 1:42PM

A scandal involving one of America’s most popular college coaches begs the question of whether college athletes should be paid.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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After Anti-Gay Slur, Kobe Bryant PSA Warns “Words Can Be Hurtful”

by Jamilah King on April 22 2011, 10:23AM

Bravo to GLAAD and Bryant for trying to make good out of a bad scene.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality

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