Sports
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A Week 2 Roundup of NFL Players Who Protested Police Brutality During The National Anthem
Recently Botham Jean, a 26-year-old black man, was in his Dallas apartment doing whatever the fuck he wanted to do because he was in his own apartment, when a white female police officer came to his door and killed him. This is exactly why the NFL players are protesting. So, tell me again why the…
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Watch: Boxer Adrien Broner Continues Quest to Become Undisputed Champion of Assholes
Adrien Broner was once a promising boxer with an oversized personality, now he’s just a mid-level boxer and a world-class asshole. The one-time, self-proclaimed heir to the vacancy left when Floyd Mayweather retired has now been banned from Uber for life after he and some friends harassed and terrorized a driver to Travis Scott featuring…
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10 Days After Wypipo Burned Their 'Winn Dixie 5s', Nike Stock is Soaring
Remember about ten days ago when all the white people who ever white peopled were so mad they started burning their “White Privilege 4s” and “Speak to Your Manager 8s” after learning that Colin Kaepernick, the face of the NFL player protest was also hired to become the face of Nike’s “Just Do It” 30th…
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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and Wide Receiver Dez Bryant Had a Date Night With Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry “Toes on the Line” Jones and former Cowboys wide receiver Dez “Burner Account” Bryant appear to have made up while enjoying the performance of another power couple. A photo of Bryant and Jones is going viral and it reportedly shows the two enjoying Beyoncè and Jay Z’s On The Run II…
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The Shook Ones: Umpires Reportedly Considering Boycott of Serena Williams' Matches
In the wake of Saturday’s U.S. Open finals debacle, in which Serena Williams demanded an apology from umpire Carlos Ramos after what she saw as an unfair call (and was subsequently punished for doing so), tennis umpires are reportedly considering collective action, including a boycott of Williams’ future matches. Two reports coming from out of…
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Marshawn Lynch Looked Like a State Farm Agent in High School, and the Internet Got Jokes
Looks like Marshawn Lynch wasn’t always the stone-faced, strong, running back who’s just here so he won’t get fined. In high school, Marshawn Lynch looked like the black guy on a Canadian teen show that was partly sponsored by the school district to teach kids how to say no to drugs and not have sex…
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Did 2 White Fraternities Go Too Far Dissing an HBCU? [Corrected]
After a historic weekend where one of the country’s perennial football powerhouses welcomed a nearby historically black university, African American alumni from both colleges are incensed by viral pictures showing white fraternity houses draped in signs that are insensitive at best and racist at worst, disparaging the nearby HBCU. I believe it was the indomitable…
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Of Course, Serena Williams Was Fined $17,000. Of Course.
Yesterday, after Serena Williams defended her opponent, Naomi Osaka, against a torrent of boos following Osaka’s controversial win, Dictionary.com used the moment to exemplify “grace” on its Twitter account. Well, if the dictionary wanted to define the phrase “adding insult to injury,” it could certainly use the U.S. Tennis’ Association’s decision to fine Williams $17,000…
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College of Caucasity: A Peek into the Missouri School That Dropped Nike Over its Colin Kaepernick Ad
The College of the Ozarks, a school you’ve probably never heard of until right this moment, has done the institutional version of setting its Nike gear on fire by terminating its contract with the company, citing Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick ad. The ad, which appears in print and on video, prominently features Kaepernick along with…
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In the Absence of Colin Kaepernick, Is Malcolm Jenkins the New Face of NFL Player Protests?
Two years after Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid began kneeling during the national anthem as a silent form of protest against the extrajudicial killing of black people by the police, Malcolm Jenkins is being put forth as the new face of NFL player protests. In a recent profile done by the Washington Post, the 30-year-old…