Offering asides, recommended links, blogworthy quotations, and more, In Brief is the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog of world, national, and local politics.
“Because unjust rules prevent the 98% of college football and basketball players who won’t go pro from capitalizing economically on what would otherwise be the most valuable years of our lives, including many Black players from low-income homes, #WeAreUnited.”
LaunchLike the Netherlands or not, I think you can legally claim victory in any case if we win. Your grandparents freed our grandparents seventy years
LaunchI love basketball. And I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that the Clippers continue to win — and win big —
LaunchFrom The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Yankees fans think they’re booing a cardboard cutout of Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano – until the
LaunchBoston Marathon 2014: For twenty-six miles, the cheers filled the air The Boston Globe’s Eric Moskowitz reports on the 2014 Boston Marathon, which drew the
LaunchThe team… it’s like they figured out [how] to hit. They’re all willing to watch pitches, but they’re being aggressive too. — Lookout Landing commenter
LaunchMariners, Seattle fans off to rockin’ start Art Thiel looks at the the highlights of Opening Night 2014 for Sportspress NW. The Seattle Mariners defeated
LaunchThe Seattle Sounders won their home opener today against Sporting Kansas City thanks to Clint Dempsey and Chad Barrett, who teamed up to score the game’s
LaunchHaunting photos of abandoned 1984 Winter Olympics facilities A collection of photos collected by Viral Forest show the pathetic condition that Sarajevo’s Olympic facilities are
LaunchTeam USA’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White win Olympic gold in ice dancing Michigan natives Meryl Davis and Charlie White secured the United States’ first
LaunchThis video chronicles how the Seahawks defied the naysayers in the media to win their first Super Bowl championship against the Denver Broncos.
LaunchI think I aged two years in that shootout. — U.S. men’s hockey coach Dan Dylsma, after T.J. Oshie led Team USA to an incredible
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