That Was The Week That Was In Links, January 17
Some stuff I’ve consumed and items of note in the politics of sports this week…
Antoine E. Davis’s followup to a prior piece on a fantasy football league among the incarcerated: “Marshall, the other co-commissioner, summed it up nicely. ‘Fantasy football takes our mind off the daily struggle of being behind bars. It gives us something to genuinely look forward to,’ he said. ‘So, when people ask me why I do this, I explain that I do this for us. I do this because this game brings people together, allowing us to set our differences aside by focusing on the one thing we all enjoy: football.’”
Sydney Bauer writes about how rowing saved her life: "No one likes to admit that the celebrations of sporting valor we lionize are built on the backs of those who are defeated along the way. There aren't stories told of the losers of the middling games that many have to go through before they can compete for championships. But those athletes have stories, and many of those stories are they just weren't ever going to become the best of the best. And that's okay. Getting the opportunity to play, and to compete and grow as a person? Everyone should have access to that."
Sarah Spain on her podcast talked with writer Katie Barnes on what the strategically-named "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" recently passed by the House of Representatives really entails and what is left very murky by it.
A Texas creep was arrested for allegedly stalking Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark.
There seems to be some serious rot amid the University of Florida men’s hoops coaching staff.
If you have billions, Maverick Carter wants you to help start the XBA.
“More than 715 athletes have been killed in Gaza by Israel.”
Weekend.
