LeBron James
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Yeah, This Might Be Jason Whitlock’s Worst and Saddest Take Ever
Sentient pile of repurposed lamp-heated rotisserie pork rinds Jason Whitlock has descended so far into the abyss of oafish takes and porkpie hats that my feelings about him have shifted from annoyance to contempt to where they exist now, which is pity. The things he says about race and culture—on Twitter and on his show—aren’t…
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LeBron James Had to Learn to Like White People
LeBron James’ frank conversation with equally successful and talented friends, is the premises for his new show, The Shop, which debuted on HBO on Tuesday night, and it was a refreshingly unfiltered look at race, the burden of celebrity, what it takes to continue to compete at a high level, and the struggles of parenting.…
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LeBron James Praised Black Women and Saltine Americans Are Predictably Upset
You can pretty much set your watch to it at this point. A certain contingent of white people is once against incensed at LeBron James. Disgusted. Siiiiiiuuuuck with rage. The reason? LeBron James had the nerve, the gall, the appalling lack of shame to show love to black women on his Instagram account Wednesday. In…
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People are Actually Hating on LeBron James' I Promise School Because … You Know Why
I imagine that there is an undiscovered ancient text penned by one of the lesser-known apostles that recounts the life of Yeshua from a unique perspective. And, according to the Gospel of Antwan, when the disciples passed out plates of whiting and hush puppies to the multitude that showed up at Jesus’ open-invitation fish fry,…
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LeBron's I Promise School Offers a Few Important Lessons in Education Reform
Last week, President Trump scoffed—albeit passive aggressively—at basketball icon LeBron James’ intelligence in a tweet, stating, “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon,” Mr. Trump wrote, “He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!” But it looks like LeBron is the one taking Trump…
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LeBron James Is Producing a Docuseries for Showtime Called Shut Up and Dribble
Remember that time Fox News host Laura Ingraham got upset that “someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball” would dare have an opinion on the politics going on in the country he was born in, raised in, lives in and pays taxes in—so she said LeBron James and any other…
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Just Remember That Your Punk-Ass President Would Never, Ever, Ever Call LeBron James Dumb to His Face
We have known, since we’ve known who Donald Trump is, that Donald Trump is a racist. Perhaps his name hasn’t always been associated with racism, but racism has always been attached to the Donald Trump package, like an IKEA refrigerator equipped with a complimentary ice maker. We know, for instance, that he was sued decades…
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Bitter Old Goat Trolls One of the GOATs, Successfully Plays Himself
It was a Friday night in Washington D.C., and what was the so-called leader of the free world doing? Staying up past his bedtime to catch up on his favorite hobby: racist hate-tweeting. Shortly before midnight, Donald Trump tweeted: “Lebron [sic] James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made…
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LeBron James is Having 1st-Day-of-School Jitters With the Opening of His New 'I Promise' Elementary School
No matter what you may think of LeBron James’ inability to stay with one team and how that might affect his GOAT status versus Michael Jordan, you can’t deny his philanthropic efforts outside of basketball. James has never been shy about speaking on political issues. He’s been vocal in his support for the Movement for…