Serena Williams went down swinging in a three-hour match in the third round of the US Open. While the door on her tennis career is not completely shut, many expect her recent US Open run to be her last appearance as a competitor at a major tennis tournament. The...
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What does the Big 10’s expansion mean for college football?
The Big 10 is one of the country’s oldest football college conferences, featuring such D-1 powerhouses as Ohio State and Michigan. The SEC is still the newish upstart super-conference with many national champions in recent years, and it takes up the most space in the...
U.S. Track & Field has a popularity problem
We recently wrote about the U.S.A. Track & Field (USATF) dominated the first world championships held on U.S. soil in Eugene, Oregon. The team won 33 medals in its best-ever performance, causing a lot of Olympic optimism for the team in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles...
MLB pays $185 million to settle class action over minor league wages
To paraphrase the movie Bull Durham, minor league baseball is a great job, enabling grown men to show up to the ballpark each day and play ball rather than selling appliances. Kevin Costner’s character didn’t quit in the opening scene and ended his season with the...
U.S. throws a party at the world track and field championships
Known as Track Town USA, Eugene, Oregon, is a hotbed for track and field. The town and University of Oregon's Hayward Field were the sites July 15-24 for the world track and field championships (officially called the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22) in the...
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is a game changer: What the horseracing industry needs to know now
I. INTRODUCTION The establishment of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (“HISA”) marked a major change in the regulation of safety and anti-doping in the horseracing industry. HISA recently hired its Chief Executive Officer (Lisa Lazarus, who has extensive...
ATP revamps tournaments and player pay
Professional tennis has several governing bodies. These are the four major tournaments, the International Tennis Federation, the Women’s Tennis Association, and the Association of Tennis Players (ATP). The ATP runs the men's professional tennis tour that fills in the...
Listen when athletes and coaches speak their truths
Once again, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr spoke hard truths in the aftermath of the shooting of 19 children and two adults in Texas. As one of the best coaches of his generation heading up one of the best teams, he's used his platform to speak out against...
Keep the NBA’s play-in format
Initially created in 2019-2020 to give more teams a better chance to compete in the pandemic-challenged season, the NBA added a play-in bracket to the 16-team best-of-seven tournament. It's still here after a season that had few disruptions. Running from April 12 to...
Wimbledon bans individual Russian and Belarusian players
The war waging in Ukraine has the world's attention. This includes governments imposing sanctions, sending weapons and supplies, and condemning Russia's invasion in the strongest possible terms. Other international coalitions have also weighed in with support,...
