Sports are rarely solely about the games, the wins and the losses or the championships. They’re braided into American culture, societal affairs and even politics.
Sports themselves, in other words, rarely stick to sports.
This is the derivation of a new weekly podcast featuring Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara. We’ll talk some occasional soccer with the reigning MLS defender of the year, to be sure, but we’ll delve more into the thoughts of a man who spends considerable time thinking about his place and responsibility in a nation sharply divided on a variety of issues.
In this week’s debut episode, we broached several subjects, including one that has sparked significant debate over the past two years.