Sports in the United States
The rise of Ultimate Frisbee as a team sport in China
Soccer may be China’s national sport, but enthusiasm for frisbee — a quintessential American sport — is growing in China. Ultimate Frisbee is one of the few no-contact, mixed-gender sports in the country. And that may be one of the reasons that women, especially, are now flocking to it.
Russian anti-gay laws have some calling for a 2014 Olympic boycott
The Olympics bring countries together to play nice. But sometimes, those countries have irreconcilable conflicts, as in 1980 when the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. President Vladimir Putin’s recent crackdown on gay rights has some calling for similar action in 2014.
NFL stands by Monday night football game result as politicians call for lockout to end
The National Football League’s referees ignited a storm of controversy Monday night — by some accounts it was the third-most tweeted event in Twitter’s history — when they incorrectly called a touchdown that gave the Seattle Seahawks a victory at the expense of the Green Bay Packers. Politicians of all stripes have called on the NFL and its referees to reach an agreement.
