Tag: Sports
Caster Semenya’s Fight to Compete
Imagine living your life as successful professional athlete. Training for something you love, competing at events, world championships, even making it to the Olympics....
Women in Sports, but Not in the Media
In a Nike video honoring the US Women’s National Soccer team and their World Cup win, a voice in the background says, “TV shows...
For the Last Time
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me my professional sports team alliances were “wrong” or “not okay,” I could buy...
Don’t Tell Me to Calm Down
I know this may be hard to believe, but not every athlete, media personnel, writer, you name it, in the sports world is a...
Can Tiger Woods Win at Augusta?
Tiger Woods is the biggest name in golf. He moves the needle. Since his latest return from injury, golf has been buzzing. In 2018,...
Why are We Treated Differently, Still?
The definition of an athlete, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring...
Star Swede to Sharks
Born in Lansbro, Sweden, Erik Karlsson has quickly become one of the NHL’s most effective defenseman. Karlsson was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2008...
Using Your Head
If you are an athlete or follow sports, you have surely heard the discussions regarding the severity and frequency of concussions in contact sports. The evidence...
Slowly but Surely
Change is most often measured by time. It can be drastic and abrupt, or gradually begin to evolve. There is no exact algorithm or...
New England College men’s basketball historic playoff run
On Friday, February 23rd, we played in our semi-final game against the University of Maine Farmington. There was an ecstatic atmosphere around campus the...