Category: sports culture
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The Bandana Never Fades: How Welles Crowther Keeps Finding His Way Back to the Lacrosse Field
Welles Crowther died 25 years ago, but lacrosse never let his story disappear. From Boston College to the PLL, the man in the red bandana remains part of the sport’s identity.
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Do the Sports World’s 9/11 Rituals Still Land?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, sports leagues are still staging the rituals born from that day. But as players and fans increasingly have no memory of the attacks, those traditions are doing a different job: turning grief into history.
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Tiger Woods Is Changing His Plea. That’s Not the Same as Him Being Done Explaining Himself.
Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear in a Martin County courtroom for a change-of-plea hearing tied to his March crash. That could mean a deal is coming — but the difference between a “change of plea” and a “plea conference” leaves one important question unanswered.
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Good Good Golf Just Learned What “Free Market” Actually Means
Good Good Golf built a golf-media empire by being different. One disastrous ad cost it Callaway, retail shelf space, a PGA Tour title sponsorship and momentum on television. That isn’t censorship. It’s what happens when four businesses independently decide the risk is no longer worth the reward.
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The WNBA Has a Bigger Problem Than It’s Willing to Admit, and It’s Green
What began as a bizarre crypto stunt has become a recurring disruption at WNBA games. The league keeps treating each green-object incident separately, but the pattern — and the ridicule surrounding it — has become a bigger problem.
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The WNBA Would Rather Ban a Fan Than Answer a Question
The WNBA had an opportunity to clearly explain its eligibility rules. Instead, after Enes Kanter Freedom wore a provocative shirt courtside and clashed with Natasha Cloud, the response became a permanent arena ban — and an even bigger controversy.
