National Glory: Division I Sports and the Olympic Games
Athletic competition was never a spiritually innocent pursuit. College football is no exception. The Olympic Games were born of agon—struggle—among the ancient Greek city-states. In the modern era, the...
View ArticleThe Road Back to the Olympics
After FILA voted on new rules, it’s clear wrestling’s governors are doing everything they can to get the sport reinstated in the Olympics. Chris Parisi reports on the progress. For some, the...
View ArticleRussia Cracks Down On Journalists and Activists Exposing Corruption Ahead Of...
A Human Rights Watch report details multiple Sochi-based journalists and news organizations who have faced intimidation or have been discouraged from covering corruption and spending issues around the...
View ArticleNational Glory: Division I Sports and the Olympic Games
Athletic competition was never a spiritually innocent pursuit. College football is no exception.The Olympic Games were born of agon—struggle—among the ancient Greek city-states. In the modern era, the...
View ArticleThe Road Back to the Olympics
After FILA voted on new rules, it’s clear wrestling’s governors are doing everything they can to get the sport reinstated in the Olympics. Chris Parisi reports on the progress.For some, the...
View ArticleRussia Cracks Down On Journalists and Activists Exposing Corruption Ahead Of...
A Human Rights Watch report details multiple Sochi-based journalists and news organizations who have faced intimidation or have been discouraged from covering corruption and spending issues around the...
View ArticleRyan Lochte, This is What You Should Have Said in Your Apology
Embed from Getty ImagesOh, RyanDying your hair back to brown doesn’t really make you all the more believable.I do hope you realize that you haven’t really apologized yet.You haven’t accepted...
View ArticleA Look Back at the 2016 Rio Games: A Good Men Project Compendium
Embed from Getty Images—They are presented here in chronological order of when published on The Good Men Project. This compendium post may be updated from time to time.—August 9, 2016Gold, Silver, or...
View ArticleRecognition at Last
— I’m absolutely certain that one of the results of London 2012 will be that sports which have not been seen as mainstream or ‘interesting’ by the Press will become enormously popular in the UK as a...
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