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Evan Weiner is the author of America's Passion: How a Coal Miner's Game Became the NFL in the 20th Century.

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Murdoch’s Big Bet on the Next World Cup

GOAL!

Fox Sports outbid ESPN and NBC for the rights to the next World Cup, counting on even greater soccermania four years from now.

Evan Weiner | Published Jun 30, 2014

Why ‘The Fighting Sioux’ Isn’t Offensive

The University of North Dakota was forced by the NCAA to change its nickname, but unlike the Washington Redskins today, a tribe wanted to keep it.

Evan Weiner | Published Jun 26, 2014

Will the NBA Ban Racist Players Next?

Slippery Slope

The league has never kicked out someone for speech before, but the era of smartphones and political correctness may change that.

Evan Weiner | Published Jun 03, 2014

Should the Clippers Quit? These Guys Did

FOUL

One of the leaders of the American Football League’s wildcat strike says it’s up to fans, not players, to teach Donald Sterling a lesson.

Evan Weiner | Published Apr 29, 2014

Why Your Cable Bill Keeps Going Up

Scrambled

When networks ask carriers for too much money, they get blocked from your screen—until you’re forced to pay more money to get them back.

Evan Weiner | Published Apr 12, 2014

College Sports as Corporations?

GAME ON

Players want to get paid. Schools want to make billions. The only solution may be to ditch the non-profit façade and share the money.

Evan Weiner | Published Apr 05, 2014

Jackie Robinson’s Right-Hand Man

Flashback

Wally Triplett accompanied the major league’s first black player on trips to the most racist city in the league before making history on his own in pro-football.

Evan Weiner | Published Mar 30, 2014

How Presidents Saved Sports

PLAY BALL

There would be no football today without Teddy Roosevelt. For the past 100 years, almost every chief executive has made a lasting mark on football, baseball, and more.

Evan Weiner | Published Feb 17, 2014

Criminal in the NFL Hall of Fame?

Hike!

It’s almost inconceivable that baseball would let a convicted felon into its pantheon. San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. is a different matter.

Evan Weiner | Published Feb 01, 2014

A Union for College Football?

GAMETIME

Northwestern players filed to organize this week. The NCAA wants to kill collective bargaining for “student-athletes” in the crib before its lucrative business model get sacked.

Evan Weiner | Published Jan 30, 2014

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