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It’s On! Serena Williams Will Face Rival Maria Sharapova in French Open
The upcoming match between Serena Williams and her archnemesis Maria Sharapova is going to be as good as Apollo Creed vs. Rocky Balboa, Bird vs. Magic, the Rancho Carne Toros vs. the East Compton Clovers. Do you see any theme here? Good, me neither. Miss Serena, fresh off attending the royal wedding, threw just a…
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In Defense of J.R. Smith, the Loneliest Man in Cleveland
By now you’ve all hopped onto your social media timelines to jump on the J.R. Smith-bashing bandwagon. I get it. In fact, he’s kind of an easy person to blame. The Cleveland Cavaliers guard is a rumored pothead, who always kind of seems out of place. Remember when the Cavaliers won the title, and during…
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Mama Don’t Take No Net: Serena Williams Comes Off Maternity Leave, Shows She’s Still Boss at French Open
Serena Williams came back from maternity leave ready to stunt on her “co-workers” at the French Open. Having her rank knocked down to No. 453 in the world just because she took time off to have, love and care for her baby Olympia meant nothing in the grand scheme of things when Williams came back…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Lawyer: Somebody Is Ready to Snitch on the NFL
The attorney for currently unemployed NFL stars and former San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid dropped a bomb Wednesday on CNN when he hinted that a witness in their collusion case against the powerful football league was ready to drop dime with concrete evidence proving that NFL owners conspired to keep both men…
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Brown Girl Surf Wants to Change Surf Culture
Images of black and brown women are not the first thing that come to mind when one thinks of surf culture. The Oakland, Calif.-based organization called Brown Girl Surf challenges that by simply inviting women of color to dive into the water. “The goal of Brown Girl Surf is to change surf culture,” says Marlim…
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Serena Williams’ Ranking Falls to No. 453 in the World After She Has a Baby, Smacking of Sexism
Serena Williams, the 23-time grand-slam champion, and possibly the greatest athlete of all time, was ranked No. 1 in the world before she left her job to give birth and nurture her daughter, Alexis Olympia, as well as recover from a pulmonary embolism. Williams, who was away from tennis for 14 months, currently has a…
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Ayesha Curry Says Houston Fan Intentionally Bumped Her ‘8 Month Pregnant’ Belly After NBA Playoff Game
Steph Curry ’bout to whoop somebody’s ass. On Friday the Golden State Warrior’s wife, Ayesha Curry, tweeted that a Houston Rockets fan bumped her in her “8 month pregnant belly” after the Rockets beat Steph’s Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. “Houston Corey,” who uploaded video of at least part…
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Protesters Challenge NFL’s National Anthem Rule in Front of the Master’s House
Tamika Mallory didn’t leave any wiggle room for misinterpretation when she took the mic after Minister Kirsten John Foy asked the crowd gathered in front of the NFL’s New York City headquarters to be respectful and not to use any foul language. Foy, Northwest regional director for the National Action Network, said that he and…
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Congratulations, NFL, You Played Yourself! Protest Fines Didn’t Appease Trump, Who Wants Players Who Don’t Stand for the Anthem Tossed Out of the Country
President Donald Trump knows how to light a tiki torch, doesn’t he? Shortly after news broke that the NFL had succumbed to the demands of the grand wizard of “Make America great again” to punish players who protest during the national anthem, Trump, who crusaded against players’ rights to protest, made it clear that he…
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Looks Like I’ll Be Sitting Out the NFL Again Next Season (and the Season After That, Etc.)
It was much easier to boycott the NFL last season than I anticipated. For one, I underestimated how much I’d enjoy having my Sundays back. Also, my NFL fandom belongs to a team with a racist name that also happens to suck more often than not, so boycotting because the NFL blackballed Colin Kaepernick was…