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With an NFL lockout, a looming NBA stoppage, and a little firecracker from Northern Ireland taking over the links, it’s a very different sports summer. So what DOES a sports-watcher watch? According to Ibrahim: Dodgeball, Cycling, and Badminton.
At this point in the most summers, Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin would be turning his attention to the first glimmers of football season, and to Tiger Woods, the shining star of golf. But with an NFL lockout, a looming NBA stoppage, and a little firecracker from Northern Ireland taking over the links… It’s a very different sports summer. So what DOES a sports-watcher watch? According to Ibrahim: Dodgeball, Cycling, and Badminton.