Discussions about sports and politics are again on the rise. Sportscaster Bob Costas has long been one of the sports media figures most willing to discuss off-the-field contexts to games, including ...

President Barack Obama is presented with a team jersey by the Green Bay Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a ceremony at the White House after Super Bowl XLV. AP Photo / Pablo Martinez ...

The late Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire and former four-time Italian prime minister who once described himself as the “Jesus Christ of politics,” is the subject of ESPN Films’ latest “30 for 30″ ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — With the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots assembled on their respective sidelines Sunday afternoon, the public address announcer at Hard Rock Stadium made the following ...

This essay first appeared on Medium. Americans love sports far more than they do politics. There’s a good line attributed to linguist and activist Noam Chomsky that if Americans loved politics as much ...

WASHINGTON — Anyone watching the US Open tennis matches in New York City this weekend hoping to escape politics was out of luck. Trump has asserted his dominance over politics, higher education, and ...

It’s been nearly nine years since Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, played his last NFL game. The end of Kaepernick’s career wasn’t the result of a talent decline, injury or ...