Baseball Immortality Meets Ungodly Inequality
Superstar Juan Soto gets a new team. His fans get heartbreak. His owners get richer.
An Equal Pay Victory for Our Winningest National Team
The landmark collective bargaining agreement for the United States Women’s National Team creates a blueprint for equity across global sports organizations.
Can Global Sports Boycotts Help End the War in Ukraine?
The power of sports to legitimize a regime means they have the power to delegitimize one, too.
Save the Minor Leagues
Driven by greed, Major League Baseball wants to kill 42 franchises in the towns that made baseball America’s pastime.
It’s March Madness. Unionize the NCAA!
“Student-athletes” make billions for others while putting their own futures at risk.
The NFL Should Do More Than Just Take A Knee
NFL owners have banded together against Trump’s divisive comments, but will they put their money where their mouth is?
Wrestling with Iran
Wrestling is the new ping pong when it comes to U.S.-Iranian relations.
Film: In Football We Trust (snow date, Jan 31)
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up (formerly Community Cinema) preview screening that intimately portrays four young Polynesian football players struggling to overcome gang violence, family pressures and near poverty as they enter the high stakes world of college recruiting and the promise of professional sports.
Say It Ain’t So
Playing fair and square has become an exception, rather than the rule, in sports.
Baseball Escapism
It’s a big business, like all professional sports, that uses good old American values to lure customers.
Ryan Runs Into the Truth
Whether you run a marathon or run for office, facts and integrity matter.
IPS Salutes a Golf Win
The end of Augusta’s men-only membership marked a victory for IPS associate fellow Martha Burk.
Real Nowhere Men (and Women)
Nowhereisland is about living kindly, governing gently, and not taking oneself too seriously.
Our Ruinous Game
Football fans have a high tolerance for pain — in others — and show little sympathy for the plight of the players who now are seeking redress for their injuries.
Shocked and Disappointed
Walmart’s sales are down because people are skimping on things like milk and food while Saks Fifth Avenue is selling lots of $1,000 handbags and $2,000 suits.