Baseball Was So Much Better When You Could Dose Team Mascots with LSD
The best souvenier program illustration ever, explained
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Baseball and the Spirit of Innovation
If players are being outsmarted, the solution is for them to wise up, not the game to dumb down.
Congressman Slings Another Rock at NFL's Tax-Exempt Status
Politicians have attempted to strip the multibillion-dollar league of its tax-exempt status for years.
Can We Shut Up About the Weather? And Start Talking About Super-Bowl-Sized Corporate Handouts?
It's snowing, but it's winter. For the NFL and other sports leagues, it's raining taxpayer dollars every single day.
Just What Patriots' Deflategate Scandal Needed: U.S. Congressmen
Government is once again threatening to use tax dollars to meddle in the affairs of private sports leagues.
Red Army Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, and Sports as Propaganda
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky and Russian hockey star Slava Fetisov discuss the new documentary about the Soviet national hockey team.
Heathen Arizona Mayor Dares Besmirch All-Powerful NFL
Most politicians play along with the Super Bowl's crony economic propaganda-not the mayor of Glendale.
Boston City Employees Banned From Criticizing Olympics
Boston hasn't even been awarded the 2024 Olympics yet, and many of its citizens are already having their civil liberties violated.
Warrior Cops Use Pepper Spray, Tear Gas on Celebrating Ohio State Students
School spirit never hurt this bad.
Stop Thinking of Betting as a Vice
Bans on betting create crime and deprive Americans of useful information.
Reason Writer's Book Declared Notable, Highbrow, and Brilliant
Accolades for Kerry Howley's Thrown
What the International Olympic Committee Looks for in a Host City
Hint: It's not a restrained police force.
Probe: UNC Athletes (and Others) Directed to Phony Fake Classes to Raise Grades
As opposed to phony actual classes
NASCAR Driver Won't Be Indicted over Deadly Crash
Tony Stewart struck Kevin Ward Jr. on the track earlier in the summer.
New NFL Policy Tougher on Wife Beaters Than Pot Smokers, But It's Close
The league had a chance to start changing this perception last week, but unfortunately it dropped the ball.
What the Bruce Levenson Case Says About Race, Money, and the NBA
Understanding why the Atlanta Hawks owner is selling his stake in the pro basketball team.
Shaq Wants to Be a Cop
Didn't he get schooled by Aaron Carter that one time? The early 2000s were weird.
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.
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
Stop Segregating Sports by Gender
What American Ninja Warrior tells us about sex segregation.
The Latest Lame Defense of the Washington Redskins
The NFL team is not a free-market operation.
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.
