Muslim fighters in the updated UFC rankings
The UFC 300 pay-per-view last month was a milestone for the Ultimate Fighting Championship — the mixed martial arts promotion that launched 31 years ago and has since grown into […]
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Amaar Burton
Is Tanking in Sports Morally Wrong?
I’m writing this a few hours before the NFL draft, where bad teams (on the field) can become good (on paper) over the course of a weekend. The NBA and […]
Will the 2024 NFL Draft move the needle for running backs?
One of the biggest and, personally, most frustrating storylines of the 2023 NFL offseason was the continued devaluation of the running back position. It’s a story that is still developing […]
Minor setback, major comeback for Akhmadaliev
On this day one year ago, Murodjon “DJ” Akhmadaliev stepped into the ring at the Boeing Center in San Antonio, Texas, at a high point in his career. The Muslim […]
2024 NBA Playoffs: 10 Rookies to Watch
With a few spectacular exceptions, NBA rookies are usually an afterthought by the time the league calendar turns to the playoffs. For every Magic Johnson (NBA Finals MVP as a […]
Dusmatov Aims to Make it Big Against Boxing’s Smallest Stars
As an amateur boxer, Hasanboy Dusmatov built an impressive collection of gold medals. Representing his native Uzbekistan, the Muslim fighter won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio; the 2023 […]
Mohamed Diarra is peaking for streaking NC State
Mohamed Diarra, a Muslim college basketball player from Montreuil, France, was having a perfectly forgettable season for a perfectly forgettable team at North Carolina State University just a few weeks […]
Throwback: NHL Top Pick Nail Yakupov
If you know the Nail Yakupov story, then it might be hard to believe he is only 30 years old. And you might not know that the history-making hockey player […]
10 Major League Baseball Teams to Watch in 2024
I need to get better at watching baseball. Once upon a time, either because my day job depended on it or because I had the time and bandwidth (i.e., pre-fatherhood), […]
Muslim fighters featured in PFL’s 2024 season
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is expanding its reach across the combat sports landscape. The U.S.-based mixed martial arts promotion, founded in 2012, recently acquired one of its competitors, Bellator, […]
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