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Posted inFeature, Sports, Story

Shades of Grey

by Ashley Stimpson October 29, 2020November 4, 2022

In 2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing, a sport they were told was archaic and inhumane. What if they were wrong?

Posted inReading List, Sports

‘Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body’ and Other Lies I’ve Been Told: A Reading List on Mental Health and Sport

by Jacqueline Alnes February 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Jacqueline Alnes shares 10 pieces that examine sports and mental health.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Meet Spitty, the Whippet Who Holds Five World Records

by Krista Stevens June 21, 2018October 19, 2022

“Science has proven the impossibility of the human brain to register self-pity, or maunder on about the generally sorry state of things, while in the presence of canine bellyflops.”

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