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Beast Mode Cashes In
“I’m just here so I won’t get fined,” Marshawn Lynch told the horde of reporters gathered around him on Super Bowl Media Day. True to his word, Lynch refused to answer a single question thrown at him, repeating that same phrase 28 more times in the mandatory five-minute press conference. The reporters could not have…
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Sporting Sweatshops: The Wins and Losses of Being a “Student-Athlete”
BY HENRY KOPESKY Football is a game of numbers: 100 yards from end zone to end zone, six points for a touchdown, three timeouts in each half, four quarters of fifteen minutes each. Sometimes, we fans argue over the numbers, over whether a penalty should move a team back five or ten yards, or if…
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The First Step Forward: College Athletes Attempt to Unionize
BY CHARLIE THAU On January 28th, Ramogi Huma filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of football players at Northwestern University in an attempt to create a union. This action, led by Wildcats quarterback Kain Colter, is both unprecedented and historic as college athletes are beginning a process that could shatter…
