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Dwayne Haskins Apologizes After Maskless Strip Club Pictures Leak—Just Don't Expect an Apology From James Harden for Doing the Exact Same Thing
As someone who’s never had even a remote desire to pay somebody to get naked, I will never understand the allure of strip clubs. That being said, I’m clearly in the minority since they’re very much a thing and rather popular with professional athletes. In July, Clippers guard Lou Williams wanted some “lemon pepper wings”…
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Pandemic be Damned, NBA Opening Night Was a Win for Everybody But COVID-19
I don’t know how you spent your Tuesday night, but since the coronavirus won’t let any of us be great, I hope you stayed your ass home and watched NBA basketball like the rest of us. But in the unfortunate event that you were off running the streets and being a super spreader like a…
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Once Again It's On: Here Are the Storylines to Keep an Eye On as the NBA Makes Its Triumphant Return
Damn, the NBA is back already?! I know, I know. It’s only been 72 days since the Lakers emerged victorious over the Miami Heat, but when your 2019-20 season is derailed by a global pandemic, you’ve gotta make some major sacrifices to get the NBA schedule back on track. And in this case, that means…
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Jrue Holiday Will Donate His NBA Salary This Season to Black-Owned Businesses, Nonprofits and Initiatives
Not only is Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday a beast on both ends of the court, but by all accounts, he’s long been one of the best teammates in the entire league—as evidenced by the fact that he received the 2019-20 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award last season. So, with him being renowned within…
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The Jets Can't Even Lose Right, Dez Bryant Finally Sees the Light and Other Takeaways From Week 15 of the NFL
There was football this weekend? Oh. Let’s get to it. The worst kept secret on planet Earth is that Trevor Lawrence, the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck, will be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. This means that if you’re the Jets, Jaguars, or any other organization whose proven themselves…
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Barack Obama Revealed His Fave Books, TV and Film He Consumed in 2020 While Chillin' on A Promised Land
2020 is almost over. Soon, we’ll be embarking on a new year. Now that’s change we can believe in. Who knows what the next year will bring but now’s the time to reflect on the year that was. That’s right, it’s time for end-of-year lists. One of the most anticipated lists of the year has…
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Who All Gon' Be There? The Entire Houston Cougars Roster Has Tested Positive for the Coronavirus This Year. Yup, All 15 of Them
Since March, the coronavirus has unleashed all types of unbridled hell on both professional and collegiate sports. But of all the postponements, outbreaks, and whatever other madness that coaches have faced during this unprecedented time, Houston Cougars basketball coach Kelvin Sampson has been got slapped with a Skip, a Draw Two, a Reverse, and a…
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Did the Clippers Illegally Recruit Kawhi Leonard? NBA Opens Investigation to Find Out
Once upon a time, when NBA players were still allowed to play defense and the New York Knicks were still a professional basketball team, the Minnesota Timberwolves did a very stupid thing. In fact, it was so stupid that then-NBA commissioner David Stern snatched the soul from that team’s chest and handed down one of…
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NBA Foundation Announces First Recipients of Grants to Empower the Black Community
On the same day that the NBA Foundation named Greg Taylor its first-ever executive director, it also made another major announcement as part of its mission to advance economic empowerment within the Black community. On Thursday, it announced initial recipients of grants totaling $2 million to seven organizations that “provide skills training, mentorship, coaching and…
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NFL Says It Won't Barge Ahead of Frontline Workers, High-Risk People to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The National Football League says it doesn’t expect to get—and will not ask for—preferential treatment when it comes to taking the COVID-19 vaccine. As the Associated Press reports, representatives from the NFL’s players union and the league said they would not be jumping ahead of high-priority patients in order to get the vaccine. “No one…