Sarah Thomas: First Female Officiate for a Super Bowl

On Thursday, lawyers reached a settlement allowing all California students to resume indoor sports. This settlement does require, however, that each county must first reach a COVID-19 rate of 14 per 100,000 people before these indoor sports can begin.

“Canada’s Hockey Dad,” Walter Gretzky, has passed away at age 82. He was the father of NHL star Wayne Gretzky, who coined the famous phrase, “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”

Participation trophies: those things you used to collect at the end of a pizza party with your whole team at the end of a season to signal that you made it through the season. Win, lose, or draw—you did it.

After over 50 years, the Washington Football Team has ended its cheerleader program, which will be replaced with a more inclusive coed dance team. This move comes with a much larger wave of rebranding of the team that started last July when the team announced they were replacing their former name and logo.

There is no doubt that there is racism and bias in sports. Every single day, players face the harsh reality that they are often treated differently based on their race, religion, and/or sexual orientation. I believe that no matter how much we try to combat this issue in sports, there will always be some level of subconscious bias. No amount of education and punishment can completely eradicate the discrimination our country faces, but it is a good place to start.