In the annals of professional football, few stories are as gripping and contentious as that of the 1963 San Diego Chargers. That year, the Chargers not only pulled off a spectacular reversal of fortune from their previous season’s 4-10 slump to clinch the AFL...
At first glance, a basketball court in Baghdad might seem a world away from the geopolitical tensions that currently riddle U.S.-Iranian relations. Yet, the hardwood floors of the Iraqi Basketball Super League have become an unexpected nexus where sportsmanship and diplomacy brush shoulders, as...