The “Patriot Games” Initiative Wants Athletes to Perform Loyalty Instead of Winning Championships. Watch Closely.
A new White House-aligned push wants to turn star athletes into symbols of a specific brand of American patriotism — replacing the athlete-activism era with something closer to state-sanctioned image management. Here’s why that trade should make sports fans uneasy no matter who they voted for.
Sports Commentary Got Political a Long Time Ago. We Just Stopped Pretending Otherwise.
From Stephen A. Smith’s 2028 presidential flirtation to universities quietly rolling back athletic DEI programs, the wall between sports and politics that broadcasters love to invoke never really existed — and pretending it does only hides who’s making the decisions.
The WNBA Didn’t Refuse a Patch. It Refused to Perform.
The WNBA was the only pro league to skip the “USA 250” commemorative patch at its All-Star Game. The backlash treated it like an attack on the country. I think it was something much less dramatic — and much more honest.
America Loves Black Athletes on Sunday and Forgets Them by Tuesday. That’s the Real Scandal in Sports Right Now.
The NFL and NBA are built on Black talent and consumed by fans who often back the very policies Black communities depend on being reformed. Marcus Hart on the gap between celebrating Black athletes and respecting Black citizens — and why the fix isn’t more hashtags.
WNBA Players Are Overwhelmingly Democrats. MLB Players Lean Republican. Here’s the Story Nobody’s Telling.
A new voter-registration analysis of over 1,500 pro athletes reveals sharp partisan splits by league — but the real headline is that independents outnumber both parties combined across sports. Marcus Hart on what that says about the country watching.
A New Study Says Most Pro Athletes Are Independents. Stop Acting Shocked When They Don’t Toe a Party Line.
A new VoteHub study finds 41% of pro athletes register independent — higher than the general public. Marcus Hart argues it’s time sports media stopped forcing Black athletes into a partisan box that was never built to fit them.
MLB Is the Most Republican Locker Room in Pro Sports. The WNBA Is the Most Democratic. Neither Fact Tells You Anything Useful.
A new study mapped the political registration of athletes across every major U.S. pro league. The numbers are being read as a culture-war scoreboard. They’re actually a story about geography, class, and who gets to be seen as political in the first place.