sports
-
Did a Price Jump Just Push Diddy and Steph Curry Out of the Running to Own the Carolina Panthers?
The man making Cam Newton’s clothes must be setting the price for the Carolina Panthers because the embattled team owner now wants $2.5 billion, which would set a record for a U.S. professional sports franchise, and has pushed the major financial arm of Sean “Diddy” Combs and Steph Curry’s bid for minority ownership out of…
-
Colin Kaepernick’s Latest Move Might Make Him the Realest Negus Alive
Negus (noun): king, ruler—used as a title of the sovereign of Ethiopia, according to Merriam-Webster. Former NFL quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick was 2017’s undisputed winner for America’s blackest man with his protest against the killings of unarmed black, men, women and children by police (from 2008 until 2016, the title was held by former President Barack…
-
Jemele Hill Is Still Out Here Spitting Truth About What’s Really Going On in America
I won’t lie—It didn’t sit well with me when ESPN sports personality Jemele Hill issued a statement saying she “deserved that suspension” following the social media backlash over her controversial tweets about President Donald Trump and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. I absolutely get that jobs are scarce and nice checks for those who truly…
-
UMBC’s NCAA Tournament Upset Shines Light on Academic Black Excellence
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA basketball tournament history when it defeated top-seeded Virginia 74-54 Friday night. But as the New York Times points out, the school is known for producing the most black students who go on to complete combined M.D.-Ph.D. programs. “When I think about who…
-
Aaron Hernandez Struggled With Being Gay: Report
Aaron Hernandez was gay and struggled with his sexuality, according to people close to him. In an Oxygen documentary, Aaron Hernandez Uncovered, his lawyer George Leontire, who is gay and was a member of Hernandez’s defense team, said that Hernandez spoke at length about his sexuality and was conflicted about it. “This man clearly was…
-
Justice: Joe McKnight’s Killer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
When former NFL running back Joe McKnight was killed following a road rage incident on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 2016, in Terrytown, La., he left behind a mother who loved him, a son who needed him and a family that continues to grieve for him. On Thursday, the family got at least some semblance…
-
O.J. Simpson Agrees With Trump on Colin Kaepernick’s Protest, but I’m Going to Need O.J. to STFU About Everything Black-Related
Unless O.J. Simpson wants to talk about running a football in the ’70s, or how he handled himself in prison, or how he fooled everyone into thinking he was black during the trial of the century, I’m going to need him to shut the fuck up about the work that Colin Kaepernick is doing. Currently,…
-
Why I’m Rooting for Everybody Black in the NCAA Basketball Tournament
HBO’s Insecure star Issa Rae famously declared during a red-carpet interview at the Primetime Emmy Awards in September that she was “rooting for everybody black.” Some deemed the statement racist. Many misinterpreted Rae’s advocacy as opposition to all nominees who weren’t black. That’s not what I heard. Anyone familiar with the lack of racial diversity…
-
Video Surfaces of Odell Beckham Jr. at What Was Definitely Not a Marijuana-Cocaine-Sex-Pizza Party
A short video is making the rounds on the internet of Odell Beckham Jr. checking every box on the “How I Imagine Millionaire Superstars Party in Private” list as he … OK, I don’t want to be sued here, so I will use carefully worded language: In the three-second clip, a man who appears to…
-
The NFL Wants Black Bodies … Not Black People
The National Football League’s annual trade carousel has officially reached top speed, and with it, the owners and general managers of America’s most watched sporting league are quietly instituting a new directive to its black players: “Shut the fuck up.” Across the NFL, teams are purging from their rosters black players considered to be extremely…