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By Austin L. Burton on April 14, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Demba Ba, Mohamed Salah lead Chelsea past Swansea

Two of the brightest Muslim stars in the English Premier League — French striker Demba Ba and Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah — play for the same club. And the pair […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 12, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Soccer star Diarra accused of fighting with extremists in Syria

Try to imagine a scenario in which, say, Drew Brees is accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and the accusation is taken so seriously that the […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 11, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

Gold medalist Hossein Rezazadeh lifted a nation

For all of the existential prose and philosophical poetry that has been written about the game of baseball, there is no sport that metaphorically mirrors the human experience more accurately […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 11, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s most underrated game

I don’t know how he did it, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar managed to become both the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and the most underrated player in NBA history. You don’t think […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Adham Talaat shines in Pro Day workout

Gallaudet University hosted its first-ever Pro Day event on Wednesday, with the main attraction being star defensive end Adham Talaat’s workout in front of coaches and scouts from seven NFL […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Introducing: Kentucky WR Muhammad Saifullah

Who are the winners? In the sometimes-shady business of big-time college football, it’s tough to tell exactly who’s winning how much once you delve into the economics of the game. […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Video: UFC fighter accepts Islam

On a recent episode of “The Deen Show,” the discussion turned to mixed martial artist Goran Reljic and his path to Islam. Reljic, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 10, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Kenneth Faried hits a game-winner

Kenneth Faried’s second-half surge hit another high point on Thursday night, when the Denver Nuggets’ power forward hit the game-winning shot to lift his team over the Golden State Warriors […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 5, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

NFL Draft prospect Adham Talaat: 1st-round talent, 7th-round mentality

When the NFL Draft begins on May 8, after the BCS bowl standouts and future franchise quarterbacks have gone off the board, the next-biggest storyline will focus on the polarizing […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 4, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Faried’s Teammate Compares Him to Barkley

The evolutionary expansion of Kenneth Faried’s offensive game has been covered in this space, and that was before the Denver Nuggets’ third-year power forward went on his current run in […]

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