There’s no way the Patriots should be 9-4 and top seed in AFC. But Bill Belichick’s coaching makes Super Bowl showdown with Tom Brady a possibility.
Author: Mike Freeman, USA TODAY
Opinion: Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman ‘represents progress and hope’ as Black coaches still often ignored
This is the significance of Notre Dame hiring Marcus Freeman as its football coach. For once, a qualified Black coach got a job he usually doesn’t.
Opinion: Extremists are using sports to discriminate against trans athletes. We can’t let them.
The attack on transgendered athletes started years ago, and continues, with extremist pieces of legislation aimed at keeping trans kids out of sports.
Opinion: Aaron Rodgers fooled a lot of people … including me
Conversations with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers were always interesting; he was intelligent and introspective. He was also possibly a phony.
Opinion: Arrogant, entitled Aaron Rodgers thinks he’s untouchable. NFL must prove he’s not.
Aaron Rodgers’ own Instagram account shows an entitled player who didn’t care about NFL’s rules. It’s time for him to face some consequences.
Opinion: Dumb NFL taunting rule, which hurts the sport, is really about control of Black bodies
The NFL’s taunting rule is ineffective, silly and bad for the sport. It’s also something else: The NFL’s latest attempt to control its Black players.
Opinion: Herschel Walker can’t win Georgia Senate seat because of football ties, but he can win
Herschel Walker is running for Senate in Georgia. In a normal world, he’d have no shot. But in this divided country, he has a fighting chance.
Opinion: ‘We’re all human beings’: Rise of Asian hate against Ohtani and in all sports shouldn’t be tolerated
Whether it’s a Packers WR making a racist gesture or disgusting remarks toward Shohei Ohtani, sports is seeing more incidents of anti-Asian hate.
Opinion: What word did you hear? Rockies racial slur audio another sign of divided nation
The Rockies say a fan wasn’t using a racial slur during game against the Marlins. The story shows how we hear different things in a divided nation.
Opinion: Simone Biles did the right thing at Olympics; she’s allowed to protect herself
In Simone Biles’ comments after withdrawing from Olympic event, you hear her grapple, like many people, with dilemma mental health challenges present.