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NFL Teams Are Breaking Their Own Rules by Asking if Manti Te’o Is Gay
by Jamilah King on February 28 2013, 10:30AM
Scandal surrounding the former Norte Dame star is stirring all sorts of challenges for the NFL, too, from employment bias to the definition of masculinity.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
NFL Teams Are Asking if Manti Te’o Is Gay, Homophobia in Football Alive and Well
by Jamilah King on February 27 2013, 2:24PM
Yet another reason why we shouldn’t expect homophobia in sports to go away any time soon.
Topics: /NOW Blog
5 Ways Our Changing Culture Will Show Up at the Super Bowl
by Jamilah King on January 31 2013, 9:00AM
This ain’t your grandfather’s big game.
Topics: Arts & Culture
DC Mayor Says Redskins Football Team Must Consider a Name Change to Return to Town
by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2013, 12:34PM
The Redkins played in D.C. from 1937 to ‘97 when they moved to Landover, Md.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Internet to Obama: ‘Take that N***er Off the TV,’ We Wanna Watch Football!
by Jorge Rivas on December 17 2012, 11:51AM
Fans watching the San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots game at home were upset the game was interrupted to show Obama speaking at a Sandy Hook memorial.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
by Jorge Rivas on December 14 2012, 3:05PM
On Thursday sports commentator Rob Parker went on ESPN to ask if Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III was “brother, or is he a cornball brother?”
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Junior Seau’s Family to Donate Brain to NFL Concussion Research
by Jorge Rivas on May 4 2012, 12:01PM
San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell told The Times the family decided to allow access to researchers investigating the long-term effects of head hits “to help other individuals down the road.”
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Michigan Football Team Observes Ramadan, Puts NYC to Shame
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 16 2010, 5:45PM
For high schoolers, observing the holy month is about being practical, not overtly political.
Topics: Schools & Youth
FIFA’s World Cup Having a Ball With Child Labor
by Michelle Chen on June 11 2010, 10:42AM
South Africa is the center of world this week, kicking off the first-ever World Cup Games on the African continent. But as the cameras pan across green fields and lavish festivities, labor activists are keeping their eye on the ball….
Topics: Global Affairs
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