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The big game is about more than winner and losers; it can shape our culture and society. We explain how.


“I’m actually proud of the fact that I don’t think about it.”

But the average Twitter audience for NFL football jumped 34 percent for the Patriots-Texans Thursday night game.


The Seattle Mariners’ Steve Clevenger shows how not to respond to protests on Twitter.


A winning script and compelling cast make this the fall’s best new broadcast network drama.


TV debating is a lot harder than it looks, the co-host of “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” said on the latest episode of Recode Media.


Trump hasn’t always been very specific when it comes to criminal justice policy. But there have been some very big clues.

Buying fewer ads means more money to deal with legal headaches.

And you don’t even need a VR headset.

I pretended to be an NBA star for a day. It was awesome.


The answer: no.

Another person completely misses the point.

Kaepernick and Marshall are putting their money where their knees are.


The hack of Biles’s medical records is a perfect storm of Russian bitterness and American dominance.

Black athletes aren’t the majority in baseball.

The NBA previously moved its All-Star Game in response to the law. And other businesses have promised to do the same.

Activism isn’t always optional.

Megan Rapinoe wasn’t allowed to protest with Colin Kaepernick. That only proves his point.


This bigotry has followed her for her entire career.

Here’s a list of people amplifying Kaepernick’s message.

The 49ers quarterback isn’t backing down.


Serving in the military has never saved black people from racism.

The move is just a test — for now.

You don’t understand racism, either.


“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.”

The victims are mostly young and black. During the games alone, police killed eight people.

Doping is part of a legacy from Soviet times that never really went away.


These athletes overcame struggles with money, relationships, and mental health.

Other cities have tried to repurpose Olympic venues without much luck.


Kygo is going to be there.

The sexist media coverage of the Olympics could stand alone as its own discipline.

And that’s one of the many reasons the sexist coverage of their accomplishments really stings.


It’s looking more and more like Lochte may have made the whole thing up.
Olympic race walking: behold the struggle, the mystique, and the wiggle. Here’s why they do what they do.


The network edits the games like they’re a gigantic reality show.


A combination of eating too little and training too hard can increase the risk of infertility, bone fractures, and other health complications.


The headline that accidentally explains sexism in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

How gymnastics scoring moved beyond the “Perfect 10” to an open-ended system that rewards skill and punishes errors.


Marvel turned Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky into comic book superheroes. It’s pretty great.


Team Great Britain is promoting produce with the help of a German grocery chain.


To constantly emphasize what women are wearing and not their athletic skill is tiresome.