The Olympic Games are often defined by the feats achieved by the all-time greats. Whether it’s Jesse Owens in Berlin, Muhammed Ali in Rome, Mark Spitz in Munich, Mia Hamm in Athens, or Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt in Beijing — we remember each successive Games by the crowning achievements of history’s best. However, we […]
Game Changer: How The Shot Clock Saved The NBA & Basketball
Everyone has heard it: a mid-game buzzer that simultaneously causes cheering or disappointment, excitement or dread, depending on which team you’re rooting for. A team hasn’t launched a shot in time, and now they must turn the ball over to the opposing team. Some consider the shot clock violation, with its sudden turnover, one of […]
Grieving On The Gridiron: Brett Favre’s Historic Game After His Father’s Sudden Death
Brett Favre’s place in football history had already been established in December 2003. By then, he had become an unexpected college football star and gone on to play in the NFL for over a decade. He had a streak of consecutive starts for the Green Bay Packers stretching over 200 games, and had helped lead […]
A Brief Reunion: The 2018 Unified Korean Olympic Ice Hockey Team
After the first year of the Korean War, most of the world lost hope for peace in the Korean Peninsula, let alone some form of unification. During the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the Unified Korean women’s ice hockey team provided a glimpse of peace that hadn’t been seen in over half a century. To fully comprehend […]
Origins, History & Controversy Of The Atlanta Braves’ Tomahawk Chop
In the summer of 2020 and during the Covid-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota catalyzed a wave of racial reckoning in the United States. Protesters took to the streets demanding change in the way the nation, citizens, and businesses treat people of different races and ethnicities. From colorful caricatures to racist […]
Bleeding Blue: The History, Evolution & Legend Of The Cameron Crazies
Few other college basketball student sections are as iconic as the Cameron Crazies of Duke University. Since the 1970s, the Duke men’s basketball experience owes much of its excitement and fervor to the heckling and hexing Duke fans located courtside at every Duke men’s basketball game. Just as Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s legacy will undoubtedly spring […]