Sports
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Colin Kaepernick Thanks Our Wife Rihanna for ‘Keeping It 100’ During the So-Called ‘Super’ Bowl
Every day is a good day to show Rihanna appreciation, but on Monday, it was Colin Kaepernick’s turn. Over the weekend, while a substantial (and unfortunate) portion of the country partook in many a dip and watched many a punt during the Super Bowl, Rihanna Instagrammed herself on a plane looking characteristically unbothered. “How can…
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A Complete Analysis of the Super Bowl From Someone Who's Protesting the NFL and Didn't Watch the Game
Well another NFL season has passed and another team owned by a white man has successfully won another Super Bowl championship. Most likely that team is the New England Patriots because Tom Brady is the quarterback and that fucking guy is on the Mount Rushmore of white men. Seriously, the guy is a Hall of…
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Yes, the NFL Is Awful, but I Still Watched All Season. Here's Why
“You’re going to ruin your brand.” That was the text I got from a colleague after going on a Sunday political talk show and talking about being in Atlanta over the weekend to cover and watch Super Bowl LIII. They were trying to warn me that good conscious black folks shouldn’t be watching the NFL…
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Jermaine Dupri Talk Super Bowl LIII, While the Mothers of the Movement Walk From Participating in the Festivities
On yet another cold winter day in New York City, high above the West Side Highway, a small group of luminaries representing the ATL descended on Manhattan to talk Super Bowl LIII. Among them: Kate Atwood, Executive Director of ChooseATL; Dan Corso, Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Board of Directors and President of Atlanta Sports…
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The NFL Needs to Get Behind Its Blockers and Run Colin Kaepernick His Check
The NFL needs to stop playing. They need to stop acting like there wasn’t a major effort to keep former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick out of the league. There was and there still is. The NFL didn’t just collude to keep Kaepernick off the field, they are the collusionist colluders in all of Collusionville.…
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Former NFL Running Back Clinton Portis Explains Why He Drank Hennessy Before Games, and He Kind of Makes Sense
Former NFL running back Clinton Portis—who also did interviews as his alter egos: Choo Choo, Dolemite Jenkins, Prime Minister Yah Mon, Bud Foxx, Electra, Southeast Jerome, Dr. I Don’t Know, Sheriff Gonna Getcha, Dollar Bill, Reverend Gonna Change, Kid Bro Sweets, Coach Janky Spanky, Inspector 2-2, and Mr. Angel Southeast Romie Rome—announced recently he took Hennessy…
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Exclusive: Clemson’s Black Players Refused to Accept Donald Trump’s Invitation to the McCookout
When Filet-O-Fish aficionado Donald Trump invited the Clemson Tigers to enjoy the White House’s first Presidential Value Meal, most of Clemson’s national championship football team members jumped at the opportunity to meet the original cheeseburger-swallowing clown. But The Root has learned that Clemson’s black players, some specifically citing racism and their disdain for Trump’s divisive…
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Black Twitter Showers Naomi Osaka with Praise After Winning the Australian Open
Naomi Osaka is really fucking good at tennis. How good? This good. And in order to achieve her latest victory, Naomi Osaka tapped into her melanin magic and came from behind against Petra Kvitová in order to extend the match to a third set and claim her second consecutive Grand Slam. So guess who’s ranked…
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Not Like This: Gladys Knight Plans to 'Give the Anthem Back Its Voice' at Super Bowl LIII
Auntie Gladys, not like this. Many of us have spent a year or more protesting the NFL in support of Colin Kaepernick and other players’ right to kneel during the national anthem (or simply opt out, altogether). So, understandably, it is low-key heartbreaking to hear through the grapevine (also known as Variety) that national treasure…