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50 Percent of White Folks Admit That They Will Happily Condemn Us All to Four More Years of Excruciating Hell
I believe it was fabled author Damon Young who once stated that “white people won’t save you.” But just in case you’re unclear on their utter willingness to condemn us all to the fiery depths of hell, allow me to enlighten you. According to Newsweek, Hill-HarrisX conducted a poll in which they presumably asked white…
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The NFL Really Thinks Mouth Shields Will Prevent Players From Catching COVID-19…While Playing a Full-Contact Sport
The NFL really doesn’t want its players to catch the coronavirus, but it also really wants to make billions of dollars from a full-contact sport in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic. So in the half-hearted name of health and safety, the league is rolling out a new toy to mitigate the spread of…
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The NBA Bubble Isn't Even a Week Old Yet and Players Are Already Violating Quarantine
While the rest of us are left to the mercy of selfish-ass friends and neighbors who seem hell-bent on catching the coronavirus, NBA players have fortified themselves inside of the ESPN Wide World of Sports campus for one common cause: not to catch that shit. Yet despite the extraordinary lengths that the league has gone…
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#FreeWoj Is Trending Because ESPN Won't Let NBA Twitter Have Nice Things
There’s a time and place for proper decorum, but when a Republican senator trolls the NBA for “kowtowing to Beijing” and “withdrawing support” from the military, trust and believe that world-renowned NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski—affectionately known as “Woj” to those of us who eat and breathe basketball—is with the shits. On Friday, Senator Josh Hawley…
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Patrick Mahomes Can Afford Everything But Justice for Breonna Taylor After Signing Largest Contract in Sports History
One of my favorite things about being a sports head is the fellowship involved. Every time there’s a big moment, whether it’s a soul-crushing buzzer-beater or a blockbuster trade that nobody ever saw coming, I clamor for my phone to see how my homies are reacting, and after Monday’s news that the NFL’s resident demigod,…
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Kobe Bryant Announced As NBA 2K21 Cover Athlete
Fans of the NBA 2K series are in for a treat. After announcing that NBA stars Dame Lillard and Zion Williamson will be gracing separate covers of NBA 2K21, 2K Sports has revealed that its third cover athlete is none other than Kobe Bean Bryant. “Relentless. Driven. A true competitor,” NBA 2K tweeted. “We celebrate…
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NBA Players Get the Green Light to Replace Names on Jerseys With Personalized Social Justice Messages
After the deaths of Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin, we saw NBA players don hoodies and T-shirts in order to create awareness around the injustices that befall our communities. And in looking to take those efforts even further, CBS Sports reports that the NBA has given players the green light to replace their names on…
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Somebody Tell Cam Newton That the New England Patriots Ain't It
Much like Issa Rae, I’m rooting for everybody Black. So much so that as much as I’d love for Cam Newton to enjoy a bounce-back season after battling injuries the past two years, I’m still trying to reconcile the fact that he’s now a card-carrying member of the only team I hate more than the…
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Damn, Y'all. Vince Carter Is Really Done
In a past life, I hated Vince Carter. My girlfriend at the time did a horrendous job of hiding her high school crush on the recently drafted, North Carolina product. So as he spent his rookie season defying gravity and performing the type of aerial stunts typically reserved for a trapeze artist, I stewed with…
