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Musa Okwonga on Pelé

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 25th February 202125th February 2021
  • Soccer

Get into this incredible critique of Pelé and his Netflix documentary by Musa Okwonga.

10 joyful moments from Black athletes

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 25th February 202125th February 2021
  • Sport

Celebrate some of the happiest moments from Black sporting history with this list.

Vid2Player creates fantasy tennis matchups

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 16th February 202121st February 2021
  • Tennis

With AI, 4 Stanford PhD candidates have created a remarkable tennis match system.

Tennis Abstract on Serena vs. Margaret

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 15th February 202121st February 2021
  • Tennis

We already know the winner in that contest but here’s some maths behind it, courtesy of TennisAbstract.

Trans World Sport’s 10th Anniversary from 1997

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 14th February 202121st February 2021
  • Sport

A bit of retro sporting fun and triumph from Trans World Sport.

Nyquill Jornan of the Choncago Balls

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 13th February 202121st February 2021
  • Basketball

Hey bro, wanna play some busketbell? Shoot some heeps? No, I’m not drunk!

Hannah Giorgis on the Tiger Woods HBO documentary

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 10th February 202121st February 2021
  • Golf

If you haven’t seen Tiger, the two-part HBO documentary about Woods’ life you should.

Nicó Morales on surfing, sport, and penguins

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 8th February 202121st February 2021
  • Sport

What can surfing penguins tell us about modern sport? Ask Nicó Morales.

Zion Williamson’s tale of two dunks

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 8th February 202121st February 2021
  • Basketball

It was the best of dunks, it was the blurst of dunks?!

Here’s Pinhead playing American football

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 7th February 202121st February 2021
  • American Football

No more games… after this last one.

Kintsugi Court by Victor Solomon

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 27th January 202121st February 2021
  • Basketball

When life gives you lemons, paint that court gold.

Nia Dennis’s incredible 9.95 floor exercise

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 26th January 202121st February 2021
  • Athletics

In the words of Simone Biles, Nia did the damn thing.

Scrutiny over Phil Neville’s Inter Miami appointment

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 22nd January 202121st February 2021
  • Soccer

There’s a lot of talk regarding Phil Neville’s new role as Inter Miami head coach.

When Carlos Valderrama carried the Olympic torch in Windsor

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 20th January 202121st February 2021
  • Sport

Who better than Carlos Valderrama to carry the Olympic torch on behalf of Colombia in 2012?

Wolves partners with Black Arrow FC

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 19th January 202121st February 2021
  • Soccer

The English football club joins up with a growing platform emerging from the Black football movement in the US.

Russia doping ban down to 2 years after panel u-turn

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 14th January 202121st February 2021
  • Athletics

Despite the findings against them, Russia has seen its doping ban slashed. But why?

NFL… on Nickelodeon?

  • by lukealexdavis
  • 11th January 202121st February 2021
  • American Football

Who knew a kids channel could offer such light-hearted coverage of a sport with a serious brand image problem?

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