Article The Pope, the President, and Paige When President Biden and Pope Francis spoke of pitcher Satchel Paige, they invoked memories of resistance, resilience, and wisdom born of struggle. By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández November 2, 2021 Joe Biden Pope Francis Race Sports
Article Loving Herself, Regardless Biles’s unwillingness to “power through” was a “no” to the sanctification of grit and the legacy of abuse faced by both U.S. gymnasts and Black women. By Susan Bigelow Reynolds August 4, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis Sports
Article Baseball, Journalism, and the Big New York City Novel An interview with Harper’s Magazine editor and novelist Christopher Beha By Rand Richards Cooper July 26, 2021 Books Sports Interview
Article Why They Loved Him Being a soccer genius set Diego Maradona on a pedestal above his community—and he paid a steep price for that distance. By Santiago Ramos March 6, 2021 Sports Latin America
Baseball & Borders On this episode, theologian Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández talks with us about baseball, the border, and race. Race Sports
Article Béisbol, Baseball, and ‘Bad Hombres’ A Showtime documentary uses baseball to highlight contemporary border issues. But béisbol has always been a migration narrative on its own terms. By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández February 11, 2021 Movies Sports Immigration