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Austin L. Burton

By Austin L. Burton on April 17, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Video: Training with Samir Handanovic

If you’ve ever wondered how one of the best goalkeepers in the world gets ready for a match, here’s a sample of Samir Handanovic’s workout routine. The 29-year-old Handanovic, a […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 17, 2014 ( 1 Comment )

Karim Benzema helps Real Madrid win Copa del Rey

Home to the reigning FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Cup champions, it can be argued that Spain is the soccer capital of the world right now. (Although Brazil can […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 16, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

CFL linebacker Abraham Kromah was born to lead

The low point of Abraham Kromah’s professional life turned out to be perhaps the best thing that could have happened to him personally. In the spring of 2011, following his […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 15, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Boston Marathon bombings: One year after

I don’t remember exactly where I was or what I was doing on April 15, 2013, when I learned two bombs had exploded near the finish line of the Boston […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 14, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Demba Ba, Mohamed Salah lead Chelsea past Swansea

Two of the brightest Muslim stars in the English Premier League — French striker Demba Ba and Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah — play for the same club. And the pair […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 12, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Soccer star Diarra accused of fighting with extremists in Syria

Try to imagine a scenario in which, say, Drew Brees is accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and the accusation is taken so seriously that the […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 11, 2014 ( 2 Comments )

Gold medalist Hossein Rezazadeh lifted a nation

For all of the existential prose and philosophical poetry that has been written about the game of baseball, there is no sport that metaphorically mirrors the human experience more accurately […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 11, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Video: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s most underrated game

I don’t know how he did it, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar managed to become both the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and the most underrated player in NBA history. You don’t think […]

By Austin L. Burton on April 10, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Adham Talaat shines in Pro Day workout

Gallaudet University hosted its first-ever Pro Day event on Wednesday, with the main attraction being star defensive end Adham Talaat’s workout in front of coaches and scouts from seven NFL […]