@julesboykoff.bsky.social
Political scientist. Poetry enthusiast. Author: Kicking (Duke UP, 2026); Red Card (OR Books, 2026); What Are the Olympics For? (Bristol UP 2024); NOlympians (Fernwood 2020); Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso 2016) www.julesboykoff.org
@mayor.nyc.govReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialI am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
@illinoispress.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialHappy (slightly belated) Pub Date to ATHLETE AND ACTIVIST: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game by @julesboykoff.bsky.social, Alex C. Davis, and @amirarose.bsky.social, with illustrations by Martin French!
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@councilorgreen.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialI think it’s unconscionable that we are willing to move heaven and earth to find money for stadiums, but seemingly incapable of doing the same to prevent the closure of schools. My constituents are outraged. They are right to be. There’s still time to fix this, but we’re going to need to lock in.
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialThank you, Kat!
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialKissa the Kitten says you can get 30% off *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game* if you purchase it directly from @illinoispress.bsky.social using the discount code: F26UIP. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialThank you, Fiona!
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialIt's publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game* & you can get 30% off the book if you purchase it directly from @illinoispress.bsky.social using the discount code: F26UIP.
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@julesboykoff.bsky.socialThrilled to announce that today is publication day for *Athlete and Activist: 28 Sports Stars Who Changed the Game*, a book I co-wrote with Alex C. Davis & @amirarose.bsky.social, featuring the🔥artwork of Martin French. Published by @illinoispress.bsky.social www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
@kevinmkruse.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialOpenly bragging about ethnic cleansing. That's how you know they're the Good Guys.
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialBy openly supporting Manchester City, Pep Guardiola—former manager & current "global ambassador with City Football Group"—risks squandering the goodwill he has built up supporting causes like Catalonian independence & Palestine. I wrote this for @gqmagazine.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/manche...
@ncgeehan.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialCity’s slick public relations machine has helped sell us the comfortable delusion that whatever is happening somewhere over *there* isn’t happening *here*. As this case is finally revealing in full, the UAE’s abuse of power is happening right on our doorstep. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialIreland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu's refusal to take the pitch against Israel again today speaks to his principle, & his solidarity very much matters to Palestinians. @edgeofsports.bsky.social & I wrote about Bazunu's boycott for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
@kevinbblackistone.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialNY Times says this Columbia, MD, company www.lmdagency.com/about-us was paid by Trump admin to make the loathsome narcissistic ads flooding TV now. LMD quotes Howard Zinn in its business philosophy.
“Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer $$$ for Ads Praising His Presidency www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialLet's not forget, this isn't Manchester City’s 1st run-in with corruption allegations. In 2014, Gianni Infantino, then head of UEFA, ran interference for his Abu Dhabi pals. Der Spiegel concluded “Infantino cut secret deals with Manchester City” to help them avoid penalty www.gq.com/story/manche...
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialManchester City exec Simon Pearce once responded to a question about whether club staff could retroactively doctor financial documents by stating, “Of course, we can do what we want.” Whatever happens on appeal, that brand of arrogance has won itself a thunderous rebuke www.gq.com/story/manche...
@philippeauclair.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialFrom Etihad's "RESPONSE TO CLAIMS RAISED ABOUT STATE-OWNED AIRLINES" filed with the US gov. in 2015. "The assertion that the Abu Dhabi government paid for Etihad’s sponsorship of English Premier League football club Manchester City is [...] false".
@julesboykoff.bsky.socialI wrote about the Manchester City scandal as a textbook case of sportswashing in plain sight. In our whipsaw age of impunity, some potential accountability—if not comeuppance—for Manchester City is conspicuously refreshing. For @gqmagazine.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/manche...
@samindrakunti.bsky.socialReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialThe City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
By @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social for @josimarfootball.bsky.social
@manuluksch.comReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialThe moment of accountability has arrived at #ManCity doorstep. Important report from @fairsqprojects.bsky.social why it matters! @ciluna27.bsky.social
@jessicawluther.comReposted by @julesboykoff.bsky.socialI have advocated in the past for announcers addressing the off-field gendered violence committed by athletes during games. But I am coming around to the belief that this is a bad idea. These men cannot handle the assignment and aren’t qualified. They could learn, yes, but they won’t.
