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“It’s just locker room talk.” “No, it’s not locker room talk at all.” “But what about Beyoncé’s lyrics?” Over the past week (though it feels much, much longer) the American public has been bombarded with a series of mediocre justifications for a presidential candidate’s boastful comments about sexually harassing and assaulting women, none more agitating […]

In light of former MU football player Michael Sam’s coming out, everyone has been talking about homosexuality and sports. During an appearance on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” the former NBA star and sports commentator spoke out about homophobia, and said that the public is more intolerant than professional players. 

For the first time since leaving the Miami Dolphins, NFL player Jonathan Martin is speaking out on why he left the team. The 24-year-old tackle left in October amid allegations of bullying and harassment from fellow teammates. His case garnered national attention, placing “locker room” culture into the spotlight.

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross announced his plans to meet with Jonathan Martin on Wednesday. The owner vowed to get to the root of allegations of bullying that led Martin to walk away from the team two weeks ago.

Editor’s Note: June is LGBTQ Pride Month. At Black Youth Project, we will be exploring gender, sexuality, transgender issues and queer theory, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Andrew Keahey When your whole life is in the inbetween, you see things that other people […]

Garrett Robinson, a senior running back on the Brown University football team, recently helped to teach a training session for the incoming freshman members of the team. But this was no ordinary football training. It was a training about how not to replicate the aggression of football off the field, the likes of which have […]

by Josh Rivers Content Warning: This essay includes discussion and description of sexual violence, with details that could be triggering. “You do not have to be me in order for us to fight alongside each other. I do not have to be you to recognise that our wars are the same. What we must do […]

In response to a controversial National Football League (NFL) policy enforced earlier this year on the pre-game anthem protests, the National Football League Player’s Association (NFLPA) issued a non-injury grievance, arguing that the policy is an infringement on players’ freedoms.

The National Football League has just approved a policy that requires players on the field to stand for the national anthem. Players who do not wish to stand must stay in the locker room until the anthem is finished. Their respective teams will be fined if players do not abide by the new policy. NFL […]

Content Warning: racialized sexual violence, Jeffrey Dahmer, dismemberment, necrophilia, cannibalism, hebephilia  This is perhaps the most gruesome thing I have ever written, and I ask you to bear with me. It’s an extension of my discussion of erotic race play, which I assure you, I had not intended to return to so soon. In my […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have used the biggest platform available to them in their sport, the WNBA Finals, to make a statement about police brutality. According to TMZ, Sparks forward Essence Carson clarified why the Sparks were engaging in their protest of leaving the floor as the national anthem played, returning after its end to […]

Jasmine Orsted’s past coaches called her an “excellent athlete.” She proved that to be true during a year at Northern Virginia Community College where she played well. However, the next year she was cut from the women’s basketball team at the University of Mary Washington before the season started. Reportedly, it was because of a lack of […]