Yunel Escobar, homophobia and the folly of tolerance

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My mom has a thing for fools. More correctly, she has a thing for saying the word “fool.” She loves it. Enjoys saying “fool” the way most women enjoy eating chocolate. Curls her bottom lip beneath her top row of teeth so she can push the word out with extra force; the fricative morphs into … Read more

Sleepless Nights, Successful Event, Stay Tuned For More

The crew, cheezin before the Canadian Premiere of Not Just a Game. L to R Morgan Campbell, Duane "Sweets" Watson, Dave Zirin, Will "Wall $t" Strickland, Reneé Weekes

Let me know if you know this feeling: You struggle through a few hours of fitful sleep, distracted by the rapid approach of an exam in a class you’ve been skipping all semester. As much as you need to study you realize no amount of cramming will compensate for weeks of missed instruction, so you … Read more

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