After almost a year out of the sport, Tiger Woods has returned to competitive golf. He’s currently tied for fifth place at the Hero World…
Business of Sport
If sport were only about winning and losing, there would be no stadiums, and weekend TV would be incredibly dull. Thankfully, sport is a business—a global business, into which passionate fans and smart corporations pour hundreds of billions of dollars. The business of sport ranges from the field to executives suites to televisions worldwide.
PLAYER POWER
A new FIFA rule could change the lives of Africa-based pro soccer players
In October 2016, Izu Joseph, a soccer player with Shooting Stars, one of Nigeria’s biggest clubs, was killed by Nigerian soldiers who mistook him for…
TRAILBLAZERS
Nigeria will be at the Winter Olympics for the first time ever
An African team will participate in the sport of bobsled for the first time ever at the Winter Olympics thanks to three Nigerian ladies. US-based…
TRAGIC LOSS
The brain of Aaron Hernandez is why no one should play football. Ever
Doctors at Boston University today released images of brain damage suffered by Aaron Hernandez, the deceased New England Patriots tight end jailed for killing his…
STAT BALL
Data analytics have made the NBA unrecognizable
It’s not your parent’s National Basketball Association. It’s not even really your older sibling’s. Over the last decade, data analysts have chewed up professional basketball…
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Forget the World Cup. There’s a more exciting international team sport than soccer to watch next summer
American soccer fans were stunned this week when their men’s team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia—the first time since 1986…
BEACON OF HOPE
South Africans are loving this moment with sprinter Wayde van Niekerk so much
It’s been tough few weeks for South Africans. Under president Jacob Zuma, the country has been rocked by the kind of scandals that destroy political…
WAYDE'S WORLD
Usain Bolt is certain this sprinter is world athletics’ next big superstar
When Wayde van Niekerk returned home to South Africa with his first major gold medal from the 2015 World Championship in Beijing, only his mother…
A PUNCHER'S CHANCE
Only Floyd Mayweather could turn a man’s first boxing match into the biggest fight ever
Two years ago, we speculated that Floyd Mayweather was retiring from boxing after matching Rocky Marciano’s undefeated record of 49-0 simply as a ruse to…
STOP THEM YOUNG
Kenya thinks a five-fold tax hike on its betting sector can deter child gambling
Kenya’s government has introduced a five-fold tax hike on online betting in a bid to discourage minors from gambling, and to raise funds that would…
STAMP IT OUT
FIFA is finally stepping up its anti-racism measures in soccer
After being faced with accusations of treating racism lightly for years, FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, is stepping up its fight against discrimination in the…
BEAM ME UP
A new at-home training method is letting climbers summit Everest in half the time
When Brooks Entwistle started making plans to climb Mount Everest this spring, he had one big question for his expedition leaders: Would it be okay…
