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Canada: Why We Shouldn’t Boo the American Anthem

Rejeanne Lacroix - March 7, 2025. Published in iPolitics

Canada: For American Student Athletes, It Pays To Not Be a Pro

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 24, 2023. Published in National Post

Colombia: Trump’s Latest Chauvinist Tantrum

August 19, 2023. Published in El Tiempo

As any vulture would, the obese Trump ... has now proclaimed himself a soccer expert who can explain how to take a penalty to the captain of a team that holds multiple world championships.

Australia: Rapinoe Missed a Penalty. Trump’s Pile-on Was a Foul

Rejeanne Lacroix - August 12, 2023. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Australia: A College Swimmer in the US Has Changed Sport Forever as FINA Reacts

Rejeanne Lacroix - June 20, 2022. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Australia: Violence and Committee Meetings: Why American Football Leaves Me Cold

Rejeanne Lacroix - June 1, 2022. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Canada: NCAA Appears To Be Ignoring Blueprint for Success Its Athletes Drew This Season

Rejeanne Lacroix - April 7, 2022. Published in CBC

South Korea: For Whom Does the Bell of Justice Toll?

Robin Koerner - April 7, 2022. Published in Hankyoreh

Is it really fairness, equality and human dignity that we have maintained and protected?

Russia: America Has Staged a Ridiculous Boycott of the Beijing Olympics

Robin Koerner - December 22, 2021. Published in Vzgliad Daily

Sports have been made a part of politics. This isn't good for either sports or politics.

Taiwan: The Ketchup Ban

Jennifer Sampson - December 7, 2021. Published in UDN

Germany: ‘Men, Protecting Men, Who Are Abusing Women’*

Mallory Matsumoto - October 16, 2021. Published in Zeit Online

The scandal brutally reveals that in a league that proclaims to want to empower and strengthen women, male dominance reigns and the (female) players are seen as second-class athletes.

Canada: If Jon Gruden’s Only Transgression Was a Racist Comment, He’d Probably Still Have His Job

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 13, 2021. Published in CBC

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