LeBron James
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LeBron James’ Reaction to the Man Wearing the ‘MAGA’ Hat Was All of Us
LeBron James is not here for the “Make America great again” fuckboy-ness that has epitomized white nationalism. On Saturday, as the Cleveland Cavaliers were laying a full-body smackdown on the Boston Celtics, James went to the sideline, where he wiped his face. An old white man wearing the new Ku Klux Klan hood of 2018,…
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The Dumbest (and Most Common) Argument for Why Michael Jordan, Not LeBron James, Is the Greatest Basketball Player Ever
“Don’t be a prisoner of the moment!” said the person on the internet, who is 36 years old, about the reaction to LeBron James’ theatrics against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. And against the Raptors the game before that. And against the Raptors the game before that. And against the Indiana Pacers the series before…
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Making Donald Glover the ‘Anti-Kanye’ Is Gross and Wrong and Will Backfire, so Please Don’t
I spent Saturday evening in a room full of black people, celebrating the birthday of a friend and the genius possessed by two people who were not in that room: LeBron James and Donald Glover. The first part of our night was devoted to the second half of the Cleveland Cavaliers game, and as we…
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James Comey Cites LeBron James as Role Model; Here’s Why King James Is Most Likely Cool on Comey
James Comey is out here promoting his petty takedown of the president, A Higher Loyalty, and as such we are learning more about the former FBI director than we ever cared to know. On Tuesday, during an appearance on Good Morning America, Comey noted that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James is a role model. “I…
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Is It a Coincidence That Today’s Most Outspoken Black Male Athletes Are Married to Black Women? (Hint: Nah)
In 2005, Kanye West articulated the perceived inevitability of successful black men leaving black women for white women in “Gold Digger”—a song 1) in which he was speaking specifically to black women and 2) that he created while he was likely dating either Alexis Phifer or Brooke Crittendon (actual black women). Considering Kanye’s present life,…
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LeBron James Has a Biomechanist. Do You Have One? I Don’t
LeBron James is a freak of nature. Sure, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s (I’m not ashamed to admit I had to look up how to spell his name, gave up trying to get it right, and copied and pasted it) nickname is the Freak, but LeBron James? Bruh. It makes no sense that he’s able to play at…
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Nike LeBron XVs Are My Favorite Shoes Right Now, but I Was Skeptical About Them. Apparently I’m Not Alone
Hands down, my favorite pair of shoes to wear right now for both style and grace comfort are my Nike LeBron XVs. I love them so much that I have two pairs: the wine-and-navy-blue “New Heights” colorway and the black “Metallic Gold” colorway. They go with everything, and the fit is comfortable enough (and they’re…
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Florida Killer Not in White-Power Group After All
How Supremacist Trolls Spread Rumors to Media Modern-Day Redlining Found in 61 Metro Areas AP’s Holland Shares in ‘Black Panther’ Phenomenon FCC Watchdog Investigates Chairman’s Sinclair Ties NBC Insists on Own Pronunciation of ‘Pyeongchang’ UNC’s Invitation to Tucker Carlson Draws Scorn Laura Ingraham to LeBron: ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ Columnist Says Black History Month Has…
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So the Cavs Just Traded Everyone Except LeBron and LeBron’s Bigen
I began writing this at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. I’m sharing this information with you just in case, in the time between literally right now as I’m typing this sentence and the time this is actually published, the Cavs also decide to trade Kevin Love, LeBron James’ barber, Tyronn Lue’s suits, a rotisserie chicken…