Chris Culliver Should Worry Less About What Gay Folks Are Doing, and More About Football – Video

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“Totally Biased with Kamau Bell” writer Guy Branum has a funny-but-true message for Chris Culliver and the other homophobic, gay-hating 49ers.

Rick Reilly Presumes to Know What’s Best for All Adoptees

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It doesn’t matter whether Rick Reilly is an adoptive father. He should not presume to know how adoptees or birth parents feel, or tell them what they should do.

Will the NFL Be Able to ‘Fix’ Football in Time?

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Joanna Schroeder investigates the efforts made by the NFL to help reduce brain injuries in football players, and wonders whether anything is enough.

Real Men Don’t Watch Sports

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Is our sports culture hurting men?

Deadspin and Te’o: How to Take a Compliment From Donald Trump

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An op-ed from Buzzfeed on the subject of Donald Trump and Manti Te’o.

Is Te’o Gay? Does it Matter?

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Jamie Reidy, a 1992 Notre Dame graduate, explores a new theory being put forward about the duped All-American.

School Sports and Kids: What is the Impact of a Concussion? (Infographic)

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Recent studies show, “Each season the average college football player receives more than 1,000 blows to the head.”

Junior Seau Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury. Duh.

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Liam Day wonders how long we can continue ignoring the mounting evidence that football damages players’ brains.

Lance Armstrong Will Admit to Doping

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A year after the damming report by the USADA and being stripped of his Tour de France titles, Armstrong will finally speak publicly about his years of performance-enhancing drug use.

Entire Soccer Team Walks Off The Field in Protest to Racist Taunts

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Coach Allegri says, “Walking off was the right choice when faced with something like this.”

Pennsylvania Governor Sues NCAA Over Sandusky Sanctions

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Governor Corbett believes the sanctions the N.C.A.A. handed down in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal were too harsh and missed the people they should be aiming for. He’s wrong.

The NFL Refs Debacle: A Case Study in Hype

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Were the replacement refs this season actually making the worst calls in the history of the NFL?

National Glory: Division I Sports and the Olympic Games

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Athletic competition was never a spiritually innocent pursuit. College football is no exception.

Jeremy Lin, Anthony Federico, and The Hypocrites at ESPN

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Nicole Johnson interviews Anthony Federico and talks about an editorial mistake that led a media storm and to his firing.