Al-Shaair part of Houston’s all-in offseason
The Houston Texans are taking their shot at winning a Super Bowl sooner than later. After unexpectedly winning the AFC South division in 2023 and advancing to the second round […]
NFL QBs aren’t that bad; give the defense some credit
Halfway through the 2023 NFL season, a prevailing theme of media coverage and fan discourse has been the consistently (allegedly) bad quarterback play. Here in Las Vegas, I’m living in […]
Muslim NFL coach takes center stage on ‘Hard Knocks’
The latest season of HBO’s popular docuseries Hard Knocks features the New York Jets, taking viewers inside training camp with the NFL franchise. While the strength of the show remains […]
The Reset, Part 2: Finding a new NFL team
When the Cleveland Browns went all in for Deshaun Watson in March of 2022 — trading six draft picks (including three first-rounders) to the Houston Texans for the controversial quarterback, […]
The judgment of Jim Brown
Given how judgmental and unforgiving we can be as a societal collective, there’s a funny thing that happens when a famous person dies. Whether joking or in all seriousness, it […]
Robert Saleh can rebuild the NY Jets into a winner
Robert Saleh is, as far as we know, the NFL’s first and only Muslim head coach. The 43-year-old from from Dearborn, Mich. — the city with the largest Muslim population […]
NY Jets coach Robert Saleh faces big decisions before historic debut
When the New York Jets finished the 2020 NFL season with a 2-14 record, the franchise began a rebuilding process by firing head coach Adam Gase and hiring Robert Saleh […]
Williams, Kaepernick and the audacity of peaceful protest
Consider the dilemma of the socially conscious, conscientious objector whose skin color and/or religion does not align with mainstream White Christian Western society. When a real, perceived or anticipated injustice […]
Muslim players to watch this NFL season
No, Colin Kaepernick is not going to appear on this list of Muslim NFL players. Contrary to what some angry American patriots have to say on social media, the San […]
Kaepernick’s anthem protest is absolutely the American way
The Muslim American community has become inextricably linked to the most controversial sports story of 2016. Before an NFL preseason game in Santa Clara, Calif., on August 26, San Francisco […]
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