by Free Sport | Feb 15, 2013 | Free Sport
Big time sports, be they professional teams or high-profile university programs, are big time business. But how much is the average citizen, whether a sports fan or not, paying to subsidize the commerce of our culture’s athletic obsession? Quite a bit, argues...
by Free Sport | Feb 19, 2013 | Free Sport
It’s not likely you’ve heard much about Royce White. And there’s good reason for that. He’s a mere rookie, currently playing for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the D [developmental] League team of the Houston Rockets. So far, his professional...
by Free Sport | Feb 26, 2013 | Free Sport
The latest in the apparently endless litany of glossy magazine photos featuring world class female athletes stripped down to a bikini or not much better hit the stands this month, in the form of Outside’s Lindsey Vonn cover issue. Despite her cover shot’s...
by Free Sport | Feb 28, 2013 | Free Sport
Would you rather the star player on your favorite team be a perennial all-star and multiple time champion, but basically be an a-hole, or be a little less talented, a little less driven, but be a pretty decent person? This is the question I found myself wondering...
by Free Sport | Mar 4, 2013 | Free Sport
In 1938, a German ski team was dispatched to Western Massachusetts by Adolf Hitler to compete in the Eastern Downhill Championships, which were held that year on the slopes of Mount Greylock. Over seven thousand spectators lined the wooded ski trail called...