“Sports” Articles

Any competitor can only successfully lose if they have learned who they truly are outside of the sport they’re competing in.

Throughout Sunderland’ Til I Die, the club burns through new coaches, players, and strategies attempting easy tweaks and quick fixes. But there is no single problem keeping them from winning.

In a time when winning has become the ultimate morality, and the struggle to gain and maintain power has turned otherwise absolute standards of goodness into subjective opinion in the eyes of so many, we all need more of what Ted Lasso is dishing out. 

The fight for Black lives is more important than money, and the players choosing to boycott for the first time in the league’s history is proof of that. 

Athletes shouldn’t be burdened with becoming our culture’s activist leaders.

In this way, the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us that close-knit, human-to-human and face-to-face communal gatherings—the kind we enjoy with sports—still matter.

As fans we think of and appreciate the impression Kobe left on the game, but we remember his humanity as well.

Lamar Jackson’s on-field and locker room humility and leadership exhibits how Christians can unashamedly use our gifts to reshape a pessimistic and critical culture.

We are not calibrated to the sight of a woman displaying unapologetic physical prowess.

[God] desires for us to be holy when we compete, when we coach, and when we are entertained, because there is life in holiness.

For LeBron James, being a dad is everything. He is devoted to his children, making fatherhood one of the coolest things he’s ever done.

Playing video games develops a sense of skill and community, just like any other sport. It’s time for parents and other adults to recognize this.

Should collegiate athletes be paid?

One series of ads—and, yes, the Twitter response to it—gave me a bit of hope. I’m talking, of course, about the “Super Bowl Babies” ad series.

Sports fanaticism is not merely moral; it is, in many instances, helpful, praiseworthy, and good.

The World Series signifies the official end of summer’s leisure and a sign that the harsh winter is coming.