SPORTAL X

At the European Figure Skating Championships in Finland, the pioneering transgender figure skater, Minna-Maaria Antikainen, formerly known as Markku-Pekka Antikainen, experienced a notable stumble. During their debut on the international skating stage, Antikainen, a Finnish skater who transitioned at the age of forty-nine, took a dramatic fall. Antikainen’s journey in figure skating is unconventional. They are not only the first …

The year 2020 began tragically with the passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and rapidly deteriorated with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread civil unrest triggered by George Floyd’s killing. Amid these upheavals, the economy suffered significantly, leading consumers to favor online shopping giants like Amazon, which delivered goods through services like the United States Post Office and …

With more than twenty-one million monthly listeners on Spotify, you’d think that 23-year-old pop star Conan Gray would be able to deliver a pleasing rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. Unfortunately, Gray’s rendition is now being hailed as perhaps the worst singing of the national anthem ever attempted, as his version of the song was “impossibly bad,” according to baseball fans …