Category Archives: Sports

Is Athleticism a Language?

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Sharyn

I’ve become fond of the All or Nothing series that airs on Amazon Prime each summer. For the first two years, it was an inside look, documentary-style of an NFL team, from the draft through the end of the football season. … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready for Some Rhetorical Analysis??

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sharyn

American football is inescapable. And though it is the off season, I’ve been thinking about football and rhetoric quite a bit. This was brought on by watching the second season of Amazon Studios’ documentary-series, All or Nothing, which follows an NFL … Continue reading →

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Know Your Rights & Act Them Out

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sharyn

I apologize if this post seems a little stale in terms of the news cycle, but I’ve been pondering it for about a month and now that my blog is back up and running, it’s time to discuss the performance … Continue reading →

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Olympic Feminism

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Sharyn

On the heels of my recent piece about intersectionality, I’m thinking a lot about Black feminism this week. African American women have been spectacular at this year’s Olympics in Rio, and their strength has been legendary. I wanted to highlight … Continue reading →

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#RIPAli

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Sharyn

By now, we’ve all heard of the passing of the Greatest, Muhammad Ali, over the weekend. He was truly the Greatest, as he himself continually reminded us, and we continually agreed. Since I moved to the Louisville area a few … Continue reading →

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Introducing Allen Iverson

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Sharyn

I recently watched Zatella Beatty’s documentary Iverson, available on Netflix streaming. When he was playing in the NBA, I never really knew much about Allen Iverson, except that he was something of a “bad boy” of basketball. After watching the … Continue reading →

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