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The Sports World Needs To Acknowledge Climate Change

UCLA and USC are planning on joining the Big Ten, according to a timeline-busting report yesterday. That news obviously has a huge ripple effect — namely, the disintegration of one of college sports’ oldest and most powerful conferences and a complete reshaping of the college sports landscape. As The Athletic’s…

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College Athlete Unions May Be Coming Sooner Than We Thought

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Victor Matheson, who literally co-wrote the book on sports economics (see: The Economics…

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Mark Emmert’s ‘Departure’ Should Be The NCAA’s Death Knell

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. A year after signing a contract extension that few could…

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Enormous College Coaching Salaries Show How Far We Have To Go

Fake news tweets in sports are both abundant and, typically, easy to spot. A number where a letter should be in a longtime beat reporter’s name or a subtle misspelling can fool even the most seasoned and online sports fan. But last week, as the college football coaching carousel dominated…

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Why Does The NCAA Exist?

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Content warning for a mention of sexual assault. The NCAA…

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New Report Says The NCAA Doesn’t Value Women’s Sports

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. A new report released this week confirmed that fifty years…

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Aari McDonald and Arizona en route to the Final Four.

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The NCAA Isn’t Keeping Athletes Safe, and Martin McNair Wants To Do Something About It

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. What Martin McNair endured almost can’t even be described as…

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Breaking: NCAA Accepts Making The Smallest Possible Change When It’s Clear They Have No Other Option

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. At almost literally the eleventh hour, the NCAA removed barriers to college athletes…

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Women’s Sports Are Legislators and Administrators’ Favorite Excuse For Oppression

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. If you’ve ever watched or covered women’s sports, few things…

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