Naming an athletic team can be tricky business, especially in today’s slippery sociopolitical atmosphere. You need a moniker that will appeal to the fans, connect – if possible – to the local […]
Wild World: A slippery name game
Baseball’s back … very nearly
By Christopher Abdelmalek This is not a drill! Baseball is back. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a reduced 60-game league year to begin with […]
The need for speed in baseball
Sports, like people, tend to be set in their ways. It takes some jarring event or movement to shake things up and get people – and athletic institutions – to accept change, […]
Oh, say can you see … justice?
The paths of progress and politics seldom run in straight lines, and in the midst of protests and argument over police brutality, we are back to Colin Kaepernick and his famous kneeling […]
Wild World: No fans, shaky minors
A new weekly (we hope) column on the weird, wonderful and noteworthy on Planet Sports. What do you suppose the chances are of Major League Baseball and the players’ association coming to […]
