How the Most Powerful Union in Pro Sports Just Got Stronger
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players AssociationRichard Drew, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The life of a major league baseball player involves bright lights, celebrity, a minimum salary of $700,000 a year, and representation in a powerful labor union.…
Greg Norman: A Portrait of a Choke Artist as an Old Man
Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters Tournament, losing.AP Photo/Dave Martin Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1996, Australian golfer Greg Norman went into the last round of the Masters with a six-shot lead. Over eighteen holes, he beefed it. Norman lost—badly. And he cemented…
Bill Russell Never Stopped Fighting
Steve Lipofsky/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When I think of Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, who died on Sunday at the age of 88, one of the first things that always comes to mind is a quote from one of his former teammates,…
Despite Pleas From 9/11 Families, Trump Urges Pros to Join Saudi-Backed Golf League
28 June 2019, Japan, Then President Donald Trump with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the June 2019 G20 summit in Osaka Japan. Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A group of family members of 9/11 victims…
Title IX Built Women’s Sports. Now, It’s Time for it to Change.
Alex Milan Tracy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The law that transformed sports for women and girls is turning 50. On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools, as part of sweeping…
These Cities Decided That Paying to Host the World Cup Just Wasn’t Worth It
FIFA president and Austin Powers co-star Gianni Infantino.Nikku/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Thursday FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, unveiled the 16 host cities for the 2026 men’s World Cup, which will be played in…