Kareem Calls the Shots in Sports

Four recent sports stories that caught my eye

“Kareem Calls the Shots in Sports” is a regular feature in which I select sports stories that I think help define some significant aspect of sports, whether it’s athletes breaking records or athletes speaking out or athletes making mistakes. It’s all part of better understanding why sports is so important to our culture.

Usually, I do this feature as a video so you can all enjoy my two facial expressions to their fullest. However, I have been on the road a lot lately, most recently interviewing the first Black Attorney General of the U.S., Eric Holder, onstage in front of a packed auditorium. Exhausting. So, I decided to present these four sports stories in writing.

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