sports
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Tiger, Tiger Woods Y'all: Documentary America's Son Set for ESPN Premiere
If there’s one thing that I love, it’s a good-ass documentary—especially if it involves sports. And while 2020 has been a resounding clusterfuck otherwise, it’s been a spectacular year on the film front, as sports docs like Netflix’s Uppity, Quibi’s The Scheme, and Blackballed have not only raised the bar but have explored how racial dynamics…
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Twitter Points Out the Hypocrisy of Black Athletes Being Told to 'Shut Up and Play' After Jay Cutler, Jack Nicklaus Publicly Endorse Trump
Shut up and dribble. For Black professional athletes, it’s an all too familiar refrain meant to dissuade grown-ass men and women from expressing their personal opinions on relevant issues that affect American society as a whole. Simply put, it’s a very white thing to say. It’s also a completely foreign concept to people like New…
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Nike’s Black Lives Matter Double Standard Is Most Clear With U.S. Olympian Gwen Berry
Protesting for racial injustice is now widely accepted across many sports leagues, but many of the same owners, franchises and corporate sponsors who are supporting players’ protests today are still weaponizing their power to silence Black athletes who protested racial injustice in the past. There’s no better example of this corporate double standard than Nike.…
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With a Major Statement for Black Lives and Dual Covers, Naomi Osaka Comes Into Her Own, Off-Court
The sports world took a historic and deeply significant timeout on Wednesday in support of Black lives and in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Among the number of elite athletes and teams staging spontaneous strikes was tennis star Naomi Osaka, who canceled her Thursday semifinals match at the 2020 Western…
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Because Police Refuse to Stop Shooting Unarmed Black People, We Now Live In a World Without Professional Sports
I had no intention of watching the game. As a lifelong fan of the Orlando Magic—I still have nightmares of my Dad chasing me around the house with a broom after we got swept in the 1995 NBA Finals—I wanted no parts of the inevitable coup de grâce that would be Wednesday’s Game 5 against…
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Idris Elba's Fight School Docuseries Aims to Teach More Than Just Boxing
Idris Elba is hoping to provide seven underprivileged boxers with stability, structure and a chance at victory for his new BBC Two documentary series, Idris Elba’s Fight School. “Living and training together over six intense months in London, the school recruits will battle it out against other amateurs and work towards a big showcase finale,”…
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Usain Bolt Can Outrun Everything but the Coronavirus
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is fast as shit. However, he isn’t fast enough to outrun a virus that has infected almost 24 million people throughout the globe: COVID-19. Days after hosting a flashy birthday bash to celebrate his 34th trip around the sun, ESPN reports that yes, Bolt has been diagnosed with #ThatRona—as confirmed…
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Jalen Rose, New York Post Unveil Multiplatform Partnership, The Renaissance Man
Jalen Rose is a man of many talents. After 13 seasons in the NBA, he’s blossomed into a celebrated journalist, mastermind behind the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, New York Times best-selling author, noted social justice advocate and possessor of the crispiest hairline in the history of Western civilization. He’s a renaissance man. And in staying…
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Terry Crews Twitter Wants to Speak to the Manager After Kansas City Chiefs Ban Headdresses, Face Paint
While the majority of us have enough sense to know that cultures should not be treated as costumes, there are those of us who would much rather dress up as “pow wow princesses” during Halloween or attend Kansas City Chiefs games rocking bootleg war bonnets. The Chiefs have dissuaded their fans from engaging in this…