Benzema: Best in the world?
The college football season is going strong and the NBA season is just starting, which means a lot of today and tomorrow’s sports debates are going to be variations of […]
Justice or Else: What role do athletes play in the movement?
My father and I were two of the hundreds of thousands of people — two of perhaps one million, according to some estimates — who gathered in front of the […]
Does bodybuilding have a place in Islam?
Originally published at MuslimMatters.org on March 14, 2015 What is excellence without exposure? While the devout Muslim wakes up and goes to bed striving for rewards bestowed by none other […]
Waiters Is Thriving With the Thunder
Since being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Jan. 5, Muslim American basketball pro Dion Waiters has been showing more frequent flashes of the star […]
Cavaliers Trade Waiters to Thunder
Just when it looked like Dion Waiters was finding his niche and settling into an important role with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 23-year-old shooting guard was traded on Monday to […]
Dion Waiters finding his flow alongside LeBron
With the birth of every NBA “super team” comes the premature casualty of at least one promising pro career. When the Boston Celtics brought in Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen […]
FIBA relaxes anti-hijab rule with 2-year ‘testing phase’
What may seem like a long overdue and well-deserved victory for those urging basketball’s international governing body (FIBA) to eliminate a discriminatory headgear rule is but a small, slow step […]
Faried helps Team USA win FIBA World Cup gold
Kenneth Faried scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Sunday’s gold-medal game at the FIBA World Cup, helping Team USA rout Serbia 129-92 in Madrid, Spain, to win the […]
Off the court: Sports journalist Habeeba Husain
Like many of the athletes she covers, Habeeba Husain‘s rookie year in the sports journalism industry has been one of learning experiences, both humbling and affirming. At the same time […]
How Did the NBA’s Greatest Player Become Underrated?
In the immediate aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs dethroning the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals this summer, both the mainstream and social media universe promptly busied themselves answering […]
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