Sports

Culture

Price of a College Degree too High? Blame Football!

Paul Detrick | 9.6.2014 3:00 PM

Sports

Shaq Wants to Be a Cop

Didn't he get schooled by Aaron Carter that one time? The early 2000s were weird.

Reason Staff | 9.5.2014 5:00 PM

Sports

Michael Sam Update: Off to Texas

Scott Shackford | 9.3.2014 10:20 AM

Sports

Looks Like Michael Sam Might Not Be First Out NFL Player

Scott Shackford | 9.1.2014 11:35 AM

Sports

Meet the Lawyer Out to Destroy the College Sports 'Cartel'

Robby Soave | 8.28.2014 11:22 AM

War on Drugs

Steelers Running Backs Charged With Pot Possession

Reason Staff | 8.22.2014 9:34 AM

Civil Liberties

As LGBT Rights Flourish, the Gay Games Have Enduring Value to the Community

Everyone, straight or gay, bleeds when thrown off a thousand pound animal.

Zenon Evans | 8.12.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Sucking the Life Out of Detroit—With a New Sports Stadium

Jason Keisling and Shikha Dalmia | 8.11.2014 2:00 PM

Economics

NCAA Loses Ed O'Bannon Video Game Case, Judge and Public Agree Athletes Should Be Paid When Their Likenesses Are Used

Ruling is latest in string of lawsuits against the organization

Alexis Garcia | 8.9.2014 2:01 PM

Sports

NCAA Athletes *Can* Make Money, Says Court

Reason Staff | 8.8.2014 9:44 PM

Culture

Stop Segregating Sports by Gender

What American Ninja Warrior tells us about sex segregation.

A. Barton Hinkle | 7.23.2014 10:30 AM

Courts

Judge Not

Charles Oliver | 7.22.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Judge Not

Charles Oliver | 7.22.2014 6:00 AM

Brazil

Brazil Gets Creamed by Germany in World Cup, Could Affect Brazilian President's Re-Election Efforts

Ed Krayewski | 7.8.2014 10:02 PM

Policy

The Latest Lame Defense of the Washington Redskins

The NFL team is not a free-market operation.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.30.2014 10:30 AM

Immigration

Ann Coulter Doesn't Like Soccer, Because Liberals and Immigrants Do

Ed Krayewski | 6.28.2014 10:39 PM

Policy

Police Interviewing Legislators About $75 Million State-Backed Loan to Curt Schilling's Failed Game Company

Anthony Fisher | 6.21.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Cleveland Wants 'Sin Tax' To Become 'Win Tax' for Sports Teams

Zenon Evans | 6.9.2014 12:00 PM

Economics

Brazil Prepares for World Cup by Seizing Homes, Chasing Vendors Away; Protesters Respond With a World Cup of Their Own

An alt-World Cup in the favelas.

Jesse Walker | 6.4.2014 12:03 PM

Politics

Reason Nominated for 13 Southern California Journalism Awards

Matt Welch | 5.29.2014 4:01 PM

Culture

Forget What You Think You Know About Crowd Behavior

The rationality of crowds.

Jesse Walker | 5.29.2014 2:42 PM

Culture

'Everybody can't be Jay-Z…but you can be Stephen A. Smith': ESPN Analyst Defends His Defense of Mark Cuban Comments

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 3:01 PM

Politics

Winter Olympics Sports Socialism Goes Out of Fashion in the Free World

Shikha Dalmia | 5.28.2014 11:06 AM

Policy

This Bill Turns Your State Into a Football Referee

California is tackling high school football practice.

Steven Greenhut | 5.23.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Orlando Plans to Swipe Church Property to Build a Soccer Stadium

J.D. Tuccille | 5.20.2014 4:37 PM

Culture

Michael Sam Drafted to NFL, Makes Out with Boyfriend

Scott Shackford | 5.12.2014 11:27 AM

Policy

Pro Wrestling: Vladimir Putin vs. Edward Snowden

Zenon Evans | 5.6.2014 6:30 PM

Racism

Does the Free Market Punish Racism? Live from LA's Donald Sterling Protest

Alexis Garcia and Zach Weissmueller | 4.30.2014 9:49 AM

Sports

UCLA Returning Enough Money to Donald Sterling to Cover $2.5 Million NBA Fine

No word on whether the NAACP will return any money, but it does want to talk to the NBA

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2014 9:10 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Silver Bans Sterling, Kyle Smith Pokes Piketty, Brian Lamb on Gubmint Transparency, You Vote for Second Panel Topic, Plus Scenes From the Vape-in & Steamy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 4.29.2014 8:30 PM

Culture

People Are Calling for Fans to Boycott the L.A. Clippers. Do Boycotts Actually Work?

How boycott research explains Donald Sterling's NBA ban.

Peter Suderman | 4.29.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Mark Cuban: Sterling's Racism "Abhorrent" But "People Are Allowed to be Morons"

Nick Gillespie | 4.29.2014 9:07 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Donald Sterling Controversy, Rep. Darrell Issa, Rep. Jared Polis, Mike Baker, John Kerry's 'Apartheid,' Plus After-Show (Then Vape-in)

Matt Welch | 4.28.2014 7:31 PM

Politics

Kareem, on Donald Sterling: 'Shouldn't we be equally angered by the fact that his private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media?'

Matt Welch | 4.28.2014 4:26 PM

Culture

Guilty by Association: An Internet Political Game That's Fun for Everybody!

Scott Shackford | 4.28.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling be Fired for Racist Remarks? Scheduled to Get NAACP Award on May 15

Nick Gillespie | 4.27.2014 9:33 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: The Legend of Action Park

It was the '80s. It was New Jersey. It was another place and time.

Jesse Walker | 4.25.2014 12:07 PM

Criminal Justice

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Dies at 76

Ed Krayewski | 4.20.2014 2:42 PM

Culture

It's Time for the NCAA to Pay Student-Athletes

Alexis Garcia | 4.16.2014 1:03 PM

Politics

Happy Jackie Robinson Day! We're 'Going Backward' on Race Relations. Wait, What?

Matt Welch | 4.15.2014 11:20 AM

Culture

Poll Finds 64 Percent of Americans Think College Players Should Share NCAA Revenue, NFL Players and Jon Stewart Agree

Alexis Garcia | 4.11.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Sen. Mike Lee, Thaddeus Russell, IJ's Paul Sherman, Meet the Independent (Nick Troiano Edition), OK Cupid, Campaign Finance, NCAA Servitude, Plus After-Show!

Matt Welch | 4.8.2014 8:32 PM

Culture

Poll: Americans Say College Basketball Players Deserve Share of NCAA's TV Money and Merchandise Sales

Alexis Garcia | 4.3.2014 11:50 AM

Bill de Blasio

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Booed at Mets' Opening Day, Approval Rating Down to 39 Percent

Ed Krayewski | 3.31.2014 5:07 PM

Policy

Eminent Domain Fails Again: Pathetic 'Community Benefits' From Brooklyn Nets Arena

Damon Root | 3.24.2014 9:44 AM