The post 6 Ways Sports and Politics Will Collide in 2026 appeared first on Reason.com.

THIS year we said farewell to Ray French - one of St Helens' sporting giants and long-standing pillar of the community.

Pele, who helped inspire Brazil to glory in 1958, 1962 and 1970, is the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup on three separate occasions.

Kurt Hamrin, a former Fiorentina and Sweden great who was the last living player to have participated in the 1958 World Cup final, has died. He was 89.

Ohio State and Miami meet in college football's postseason for the first time since the 2003 BCS National Championship ...