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Boxing
Sports
No Good Guys Here
Between Conor McGregor’s racist barbs and Floyd Mayweather’s homophobic jabs, there’s no one to root for in this fight. So why tune in?
Sports
Real, Not Pretty
Beautiful and brutal, boxing reveals parts of ourselves we need to see
Sports
What Had Happened Was: 8/9/17
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Sports
Mayweather and McGregor couldn’t sell a fight, so they sold hate
Their promotional tour sunk to new depths of racism, homophobia and misogyny
Sports
The racism of the Mayweather-McGregor tour has a long history in boxing
Among major sports, this one stands almost alone in using bigotry to sell tickets
Sports
What Had Happened Was: 7/3/17
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Sports
The day Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title against Billy Conn
The 1946 bout was the first heavyweight fight broadcast on TV
Sports
What Had Happened Was: 6/15/17
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Culture
Muhammad Ali helped this 7-year-old be proud to live as a Muslim in America
His story taught me that patriotism can be not just obedience, but resistance