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Under Armour’s Splattered Flag Uniform Design Controversy

Since 2009, Baltimore-based Under Amour has been creating special football uniforms to honor and benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. This year, the uniforms that Northwestern University’s team will wear on Nov. 16 sparked controversy because, critics say, the design appears to splatter the helmet, gloves and cleats with streaks of blood. Others are offended by […]

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40 Years of Title IX

Did you know that Title IX – ground-breaking legislation passed on June 23, 1972, seeking to provide American women equal educational opportunities – gained traction in the athletic arena because of the actions of the women’s rowing program at Yale University? In 1976, Yale University had been a coed institution for just seven years. Women’s […]

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