NBA
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Kevin Durant Is Black AF
Blackness is not a monolith. If you scroll through any of the comments sections beneath the articles written by me and other writers at The Root criticizing celebrities for tap-dancing on the knife edge that separates unapologetic blackness from fence straddlers who trade on their perceived black swagger while simultaneously stepping and fetching in their…
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And Some Say Protests Don’t Matter: LeBron James Vowed Not to Stay at Trump Hotels; Now the President’s Name Is Being Removed From Trump SoHo
The king will always trump the president. The greatest basketball player in this decade just happens to be one of the most socially conscious, and as such, when the dictator with the little hands was gifted the presidential election by his Russian cousins and 53 percent of white women, LeBron “King” James decided that he…
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Very Married Former NBA Star Ray Allen Reportedly Caught in Catfishing Scheme by ‘Troubled’ Man
Former NBA shooting guard, and very married, Ray Allen is out here wilding. Apparently ole Ray Allen got himself caught up in a damn catfishing scheme, and now he’s fighting to keep all his dirty laundry off the interwebs. In legal documents obtained by TMZ Sports, Allen was reportedly catfished by a man claiming to…
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Ore. Congressman Says Pro Athletes Should Have Their Weed in Lieu of Dangerous Pain Pills
A Democratic congressman from Oregon has gone on record (well, TMZ Sports) saying that he is all for professional athletes using marijuana and that the NBA and NFL are stripping them of their rights to toke up—medically, that is. In a recent video, Rep. Earl Blumenauer notes that pros endure “terrible pain” and that marijuana has…
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Watch: 3 Athletes Who Risked It All Before Colin Kaepernick
When now-former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to bring attention to injustice, he may have lost his career simply by speaking out. We’ve seen this happen before: Muhammad Ali gave up almost four of his prime fighting years to stand against the Vietnam War, and Tommie Smith and John Carlos were…
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Stephen A. Smith Doesn’t Think Black NBA Players Should Wear Hoodies Because Stephen A. Smith Is Stupid
The polysyllabic, jawlineless serial sayer of stupid shit, semiprofessional shucker, vapid brandisher of big words, overly animated inducer of “Whose mans is this?” forehead slope nationally known as Stephen A. Smith recently ruffled the feathers of Cleveland Cavaliers player J.R. Smith (no relation) when ESPN’s sentient scrotum sack of overly apologetic blackness insinuated that NBA…
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Hoodie Melo Stunts on His Old Job With His New Job, and Thunder Smashes the Knicks on Opening Night
When you leave your old job and start a new one, you always to want a glow-up, and you always want to show your old job that you are doing just fine without their ass. So when your old job and co-workers show up at your new job to see how just fine you really…
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30 Reasons Why Your Favorite Team Won’t Win the NBA Finals This Year
The NBA—the best professional sports league in the history of history—is back Tuesday night, with 30 teams all vying to be the one that wins the last game of the season. Here’s why none of them will. 30. Chicago Bulls Because I triple-dog dare you to name five people on their team without Googling the…
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USA Today Declares Devoted Father LaVar Ball ‘Worst Sports Parent Ever’
I should begin this article by comparing LaVar Ball to my father, but I can’t because … I don’t know that dude. I definitely am not as familiar with LaVar Ball as apparently USA Today’s Nancy Armour is. Armour, in response to Ball’s announcement that he was switching his son LaMelo’s high school, declared Ball…