Ethnic Studies
- Fifty years after the Thrilla in Manila bout launched HBO as a national broadcasting powerhouse, the network continues to shape modern viewing and entertainment.
- In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, CU Boulder music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
- A Detroit street is named in honor of Vincent Chin—his death mobilized Asian American activists nationwide.
- Kelsey John’s Navajo-centered Horses Connecting Communities initiative offers culturally relevant, practical education about horses.
- Launching a new direct-to-consumer service this week and inking a recent deal to control NFL Media, ESPN continues evolving as the dominant force in sports media.
- The Baha Men hit, released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with “Macarena” and other novelty earworms.
- Through its more than 100-year history, U.S. public media has represented diverse audiences and broadcast in areas that commercial media hasn’t.
- Mushroom mycelium can clean up the soil. Can it also help Indigenous people reconnect to the land? CU Boulder researcher Natalie Avalos aims to find out.
- The FIFA Club World Cup, being held through July at venues across the United States, highlights international collaboration and concerns that soccer schedules are too packed.
- 145 years after Lee Richmond threw the first perfect game in Major League Baseball, pitchers still pursue one of baseball’s ultimate achievements.