by Mitch Randall | Sep 6, 2018 | Opinion
Nike revealed this week that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be one of the faces for its new “Just Do It” marketing campaign. The first installment of the campaign has a black-and-white photo of Kaepernick with these words embossed over...
by Roger Olson | Feb 13, 2018 | Opinion
It’s time for a national conversation about football. The facts are irrefutable now; U.S. football causes long-term and irreversible brain damage in many players. Anyone who doesn’t know this simply hasn’t been paying attention. And in some cases,...
by Molly T. Marshall | Feb 8, 2018 | Opinion
I must confess: I rarely watch the Super Bowl. I am usually on a plane (with very few others, mercifully) when the big game comes on. I am used to hearing the score from pilots, and I always wonder if they are really watching in the cockpit. I am not a great football...
by Roger Olson | Sep 15, 2016 | Opinion
I have always found watching sports of any kind boring, but I have assumed that others legitimately found real pleasure in it and simply avoided it myself. Eventually, I began to consider whether organized college, university, professional and amateur sports might...
by Ferrell Foster | Jun 3, 2016 | Opinion
Like the people of ancient times, we still struggle with false gods. Today’s false gods come in the form of money, sexual gratification, fancy homes, political power, romantic love, financial security, our looks, impressive job titles, a collection of some sort,...
