New OLF out where we laid into Infantino's charade at the FIFA Congress last week

Palestinian & Iranian officials were barred from entering Canada for a kick-off meeting to the FIFA World Cup. Canada must choose: Will we be a global host, or a U.S. vassal state? By @derekcrim.bsky.social, @carolynprouse.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, & El Jones

While the US continues to expand its fascist tactics in the name of hosting the World Cup, Canada is keen to follow suit. This great piece makes sense of the shambles on the day that FIFA Congress takes place in Vancouver.

ICYMI: Charisse Burden-Stelly breaks racial capitalism down here!

This episode was a lot of fun to record because @tonyjballas.bsky.social & Gerald Horne generously shared a number of anecdotes & recommendations. In this clip, Horne speaks on the most-quoted Black person in the financial press (arguably) - Mike Tyson

New episode with the amazing @reveleth.com!

If you're in Toronto on May 11, please come out to the University of Toronto's downtown campus where I will be speaking with my comrades about sport & Palestine. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I can only assume this is a case of appalling behaviour by Canadian authorities.

Boxing and US Imperial Decline Gerald Horne and @tonyjballas.bsky.social join to explore US imperialism and the complex intersections of boxing, race, and culture. open.spotify.com/episode/0aPv...

It was a pleasure to host @tonyjballas.bsky.social & Gerald Horne on the show!

'Want to sidestep steep parking prices and take mass transit instead? Sorry, sucker. Despite the fact that the “Unity” bid promised that “Spectators will have complimentary public transportation to and from the stadiums on match days,”you’re going to pay through the nose thanks to local authorities'

It was such a pleasure to chat with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social!

Thankfully the Italian team won't be shameless enough to accept this, one hopes

Will die on this hill

Therapy event for Tucker & MTG's friends

From today's OLF episode!

We are back

Here’s my take on why we need to burn down sports psychology.

Our latest with Lauren Beasley!

Horrific that this is the way we find out these days

Tomorrow evening in Montreal!

New episode with @hborenstein.bsky.social!

New episode with @hborenstein.bsky.social!

26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball. Now being discarded as if he was human refuse. Shame on Syracuse for not intervening. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...

An essential read ahead of the World Cup!

New episode out today, ahead of the WNBA draft!

New OLF out now!

Trump's cognitive decline is at par with Biden now. Everyday is worse than the previous one, an incoherent mess

Just your everyday hockey fans.

New episode out with @withgracetoo.com!

ICYMI: Abubaker Abed on the different relationship that Palestinians have with stadiums as opposed to Israelis who use sporting arenas as torture camps

This is probably the most important interview I've ever done. Very grateful to Abubaker Abed for sharing his thoughts with us

As Macron (didn't) say, sometimes it takes time to be proven right

Football legends like Messi & Ronaldo are well aware of these incidents, and yet they are happy to legitimise Trump and Israel's inhumane vision bsky.app/profile/nkal...

This is probably the most important interview I've ever done. Very grateful to Abubaker Abed for sharing his thoughts with us

Denature Metabolism. I do not know how to discern historical ecological relations from social reproductive processes in areas where human beings have lived. Wherever climate, weather, mineral, energy, floral, or faunal processes intra-act, the point where the rubber hits the road is social metabolic

Canada has revoked the visa of Rima Hassan, a member of European Parliament who was to come and speak about Palestinian Liberation. Meanwhile, we allow genocidaire members of the IDF tour the country with impunity.

In which @reveleth.com succinctly explains why the IOC’s new genetic testing policy is fundamentally suspect.

Abstract notions of fairness are in direct conflict with any struggle for justice. @nkalamb.bsky.social summed up this tension in our episode on the IOC's decision to ban trans women athletes

An absolute must-listen episode. A critical one-stop-shop on the IOC's abhorrent, new policy with super-informative guests @reveleth.com, Anna Baeth of @athleteally.bsky.social, @thechrismosier.bsky.social, Grace McKenzie of @sportrightsall.bsky.social, & scholar-Olympian Madeleine Pape

Everything you need to know about the depraved new IOC sex/gender policy in one place.

A plot to assassinate Palestinian rights advocate Nerdeen Kiswani by a member of a Zionist organization (who then intended to flee to Israel) was disrupted by an undercover NYPD agent. The man had assembled Molotov cocktails to firebomb her family’s home. apnews.com/article/fbi-...

In light of the plot to assassin's Nermeen Kiswani, this piece by Esmat El Halabi about the 1985 assassination of Alex Odeh is very much worth reading: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2020/10/...

All the reaction to the IOC's decision to ban trans women athletes is available now as a full episode!👇🏽

Anna Baeth of @athleteally.bsky.social reflects on the wide-ranging gender implications of the IOC’s vile policy change.

Mega IOC Sex Testing Reaction Pod We are joined by special guests @reveleth.com, Anna Baeth, @thechrismosier.bsky.social, Grace McKenzie, and Madeleine Pape to break down every angle of the IOC's heinous new policy. open.spotify.com/episode/1bFO...

Here’s a taste of why you need to hear from Madeleine Pape today of all days.

Classic. Hiding behind anonymity to spout the most hateful shit

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

We have a second live stream for you later today to make sense of the IOC's senseless decision!