Arvin Alaigh

Arvin Alaigh is writing a history of the 20th-century Catholic left.

From The Blog
11 March 2026

Professional leagues are sprawling multinational corporations grossing tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue, employing tens of thousands of workers and serving hundreds of millions of consumers. But the sports media shrink professional sport, in all its material totality, to a mere game.

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