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Earlier this week, Iran threatened to boycott the 2012 London Olympics over the Games' colorful, jagged logo, which the country claims is racist because it resembles the word "Zion." Poor Iran: the problem isn't that the nation's Ministry of Hurt Fe...

American professional sports are rife with offensive logos.

WASHINGTON -- With a potential NFL lockout looming, owners and players are taking a well-worn playbook page from environmental advocates, firearms enthusiasts and rich people who enjoy U.S.S. Nimitz-sized tax loopholes. In other words, they're tur...

Sports Fans Coalition works for fans to be heard in labor, stadium issues

First things first: Maryland state delegate Michael Vaughn is a typical politician. In other words, a dissembling dope. But not because he reportedly lied about having played three seasons of NFL football. No, Vaughn is a fool because he represents...

It's official: just as we previously hoped for, LeBron James has crossed over to the Dark Side, announcing via Twitter that he's "taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me ... and I mean everyone!" In other words, smack-talkers beware. Veng...

Five years. Approximately $7 million per. The Washington Redskins reportedly are paying a premium for new head coach Mike Shanahan. Yet if the fawning, purple prose in Shanahan's official 3,728-word Denver Broncos team bio is to be believed, the 'Sk...

Confused by North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams' reportedly having a visiting fan thrown out of the Dean Dome for heckling free throw-shooting Tar Heels forward Deon Thompson with a tepid, "Hey Deon, don't miss it!" during the late sta...

To the stunned surprise of absolutely no one, Charlie Weis reportedly has been jettisoned from South Bend, leaving Notre Dame to look for a new football coach -- a search that can't possibly end with Florida's Urban Meyer. Er, right? Meyer is a fo...

Could Urban Meyer be the next Notre Dame coach? He's not the first coach to leave a little wiggle room in his words.

Sarah Palin isn't the first person to write a tell-all book to get the last word, just take a look at the sports world.

Patrick Hruby debuts the supremacy metric destined to send shock waves through the sports world.

Should ballroom dancing be an Olympic sport? Patrick Hruby says yes. What's your vote?

The New England Patriots want to be hated, but, try as he might, Patrick Hruby just can't seem to feel the venom. Yet.

Why do politicians compare issues of real significance to sports? It's time to stop, writes Page 2's Patrick Hruby.

Why the sudden cry for a "three strikes" rule for NFL players? Because the NFL is something to take seriously, writes Patrick Hruby.