Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Sports

Law and the Olympics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New hope, maybe, for sports-abuse agency

Irvin Muchnick
USA's Elana Meyers Taylor and USA's Kaillie Armbruster Humphries pose for pictures after winning gold and bronze respectively in the bobsleigh women's monobob heat 4 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Taylor and Humphries have both spoken openly about balancing motherhood and Olympic competition. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)

This Winter Olympics is for moms

Nicole Karlis
Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny's all-American halftime show

Melanie McFarland
A better looks over their Super Bowl LVIII betting slip tickets (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The racial costs of sports betting

Jerel Ezell
Advertisement:
Members of Team United States participate in training on day minus three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Olympics matter in this fascist time

Andi Zeisler
Donald Trump speaks as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

World Cup boycott is a fantasy

Andrew O'Hehir
COQODAQ X US OPEN Truffle Golden Nuggets (Coqodaq)

Sports venues are going gourmet

Katie Lockhart
Coach George Gibney, seated in center, with members of the Irish Olympic swimming team returning from the Seoul Olympics in South Korea, Oct. 8, 1988. (Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

Accused Irish abuser finally arrested

Irvin Muchnick
Advertisement:
Pete Rose is introduced to the crowd as the 1976 World Series Championship team was honored prior to the start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

Ending manhood in the hall of shame

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com
Linda McMahon speaks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., before her confirmation hearing in the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Jan. 24, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

How Congress buried sex-abuse report

Irvin Muchnick
Pete Rose as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, March 1989. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Pete Rose: Still more Trump corruption

Mike Lofgren - TomDispatch.com
Visitors walk past the iconic Olympic rings at the United States Olympic Center in Colorado Springs during a tour of the facility. (Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

New legal battle behind sports scandals

Irvin Muchnick
Advertisement:
Satou Sabally #0 of Phantom goes up for a shot against Shakira Austin #1 of the Lunar Owls during the fourth quarter at Wayfair Arena on February 07, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

Unrivaled shares the wins

Megan Volpert
Jewell Loyd #24 of the Mist drives to the basket against Chelsea Gray #12 of Rose during the first quarter at Wayfair Arena on February 07, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

Unrivaled: A game-changer for basketball

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
Kendrick Lamar and SZA (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The halftime show's humble origins

Nardos Haile
Children playing soccer (Getty Images/Ariel Skelley)

Why are kids' sports so expensive?

Hanna Skandera
Advertisement:
Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky is announced before tipoff against the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center on May 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Most NIL athletes aren't getting rich

Zina Kumok
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul speak onstage at the press conference in promotion for the upcoming Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match at The Apollo Theater on May 13, 2024 in New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

Paul vs Tyson, a new race clash payday

Rann Miller
Raygun competes during the Breaking B-Girls Round Robin Group B battle between Logistx and Raygun on Day 14 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at La Concorde on August 9, 2024 in Paris, France. (Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Raygun quits breakdancing after Olympics

Nardos Haile
A view of Mankato West High School and its football field where Minnesota governor Tim Walz used to teach social studies and history and coached football. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tim Walz and the politics of football

G.F. Fuller
Advertisement:
(EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using an underwater robotic camera.) Christie Raleigh-Crossley of Team United States (L) and Aurelie Rivart of Team Canada compete in the Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Final on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

"People think I don't look disabled"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Goalkeeper Hope Solo of the USA in action during a match between USA and China as part of International Women's Football Tournament of Brasilia at Mane Garrincha Stadium on December 10, 2014 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Why soccer star Hope Solo is an outcast

Gabriella Ferrigine
Chuck Aoki passes to Josh Wheeler of Team United States during a wheelchair rugby scrimmage against Team Denmark ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Champs-de-Mars Arena on August 25, 2024 in Paris, France. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

6 things to know about the Paralympics

Gabriella Ferrigine
Mauricio Pochettino, manager of World XI team, acknowledges the fans prior to Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2024 at Stamford Bridge, London, June 9, 2024. (Henry Browne/Getty Images)

Superstar coach to lead US soccer team

Andrew O'Hehir
« Previous
Page: 1
Next »
Advertisement: