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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Atlanta Braves player Ronald Acuña Jr at bat in a baseball game in Atlanta.

Sports Organizations Find Themselves Walking a Tightrope on Controversial Political Issues

Liam Thompson, Contributor April 23, 2021

In the past year there have been protests throughout professional sports leagues.  In college sports multiple basketball stars protested the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ban on student-athletes...

Colin Kaepernick and Symbolic Politics

Colin Kaepernick and Symbolic Politics

Josh Knell, Contributor January 7, 2020

Colin Kaepernick has been an NFL pariah for three years. His identity is inextricably linked to his kneeling during the National Anthem, his play merely an afterthought. Conservatives lambast the former...

Vanderbilt Baseball Declines White House Visit

Vanderbilt Baseball Declines White House Visit

Isabella Randle December 4, 2019
Oregon State’s baseball team, which won the College World Series in 2018 without an invitation to the White House, joined 21 other champion teams and athletes on Friday in place of Vanderbilt.
Tennessee's Road to Legalized Sports Gambling

Tennessee’s Road to Legalized Sports Gambling

Tejas Ogale October 30, 2019

Tennessee is one of the latest states to join the growing trend of passing legislation to legalize online sports gambling, with the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act (TSGA) coming into effect this past summer....

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Superbowl XLIII prior to kickoff in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 1.  (U.S. Air Force photo)

Super Bowl 2019

Jacqui Pittman February 2, 2019

The past few years have been nothing short of controversy, rule changes, and Patriots overload for the National Football League. Although kneeling has lost America’s football spotlight, residual issues...

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