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Sports as Infrastructure: How Games Power Capital and State
Read more: Sports as Infrastructure: How Games Power Capital and StateHow modern sports bind emotion, media, infrastructure, and nationalism into a single system that monetizes loyalty while shaping politics and power
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Why the Blue Jackets Killed the Bee
Read more: Why the Blue Jackets Killed the BeeHow Columbus went from a Civil War bee mascot to a corporate star crest, and why the Blue Jackets’ original identity had way more personality.
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Wembanyama Breaks Silence on State Violence
Read more: Wembanyama Breaks Silence on State ViolenceVictor Wembanyama’s response to ICE shootings reveals how sports culture enforces silence, disciplines dissent, and protects institutions of force
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How the UFC Learned to Imitate What It Once Tried to Erase
Read more: How the UFC Learned to Imitate What It Once Tried to EraseAfter decades of dismissing Japanese MMA as illegitimate, the UFC now copies its spectacle while preserving a tightly managed corporate order
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Charles Barkley Breaks the Sports Silence on ICE
Read more: Charles Barkley Breaks the Sports Silence on ICEBy calling out ICE-linked killings, Barkley exposed the quiet rules that govern when athletes are allowed to speak and when silence is safest
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UFC 324 Was Not a Debut. It Was a Warning
Read more: UFC 324 Was Not a Debut. It Was a WarningMarketed as a launch, UFC 324 exposed a platform built on risk shifted downward, eroding trust for fighters and fans while prioritizing valuation over sport.
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The UFC’s New Streaming Era Isn’t Built for Fighters
Read more: The UFC’s New Streaming Era Isn’t Built for FightersA historic UFC media deal promised growth, but flat fighter pay reveals how streaming shifts leverage upward, erasing PPV power and athlete upside.
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When Athlete Activism Reaches the Edge of Power
Read more: When Athlete Activism Reaches the Edge of PowerThe silence after Renée Nicole Good’s killing shows how quickly social conscience in sports collapses when domestic state power, risk, and enforcement collide.
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Why the NFL Couldn’t Allow Azeez Al-Shaair’s Message
Read more: Why the NFL Couldn’t Allow Azeez Al-Shaair’s MessageA playoff fine over eye black exposed how the league curates “acceptable” activism, disciplines dissent, and controls meaning on America’s biggest stage.
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Canada–Czechia Was Decided by Structure, Not Shock
Read more: Canada–Czechia Was Decided by Structure, Not ShockA tight semifinal shaped by patience, compressed space, and late execution for Czechia, where the thinnest of margins are what told the story.
Sparked sports
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How Olympic Neutrality Silences Dissent and Protects Power
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and Empire’s New Strategy
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Amber Glenn and the Limits of Visibility Politics
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How Super Bowl LX Amplifies Zionist Political Messaging
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The Olympics and the Collapse of Neutrality
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British Olympian Posts Anti-ICE Message on Olympic Opening Day
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Team Israel, World Baseball, and the Politics of Silence
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Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl, and America’s Halftime Split
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Sports as Infrastructure: How Games Power Capital and State