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An athlete's legacy is invariably shaped by too many things athletes have no control over, which in turn warps our understanding of what greatness even…

Dec 21, 2022

It's a black mark if we don't value Black minds as we do Black bodies

Dec 14, 2022

While the Crime Dog deservedly gets into the Hall, others are arbitrarily kept out

Dec 7, 2022

Love lasts forever, but hate lasts even longer

Nov 30, 2022

On patsies and sacrificial lambs

Nov 25, 2022

Does watching the World Cup make you complicit? Yes. Are we all invariably complicit in thousands of atrocities no matter how hard we strive to be good…

Nov 16, 2022

Apologizing after you make a mistake is good, but apologizing for making a mistake when you knew what you were doing was wrong and were hoping no one…

Nov 10, 2022

You cannot help but learn important things when you're doing the things you do to avoid learning important things

Nov 2, 2022

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