sports
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Colin Kaepernick Has Done More for the 99 Percent Than the President of the United States
Other than keeping the few black and brown workers at KFC busy filling his order for a bucket of chicken and employing the once-great-and-now-fallen Dr. Ben Carson, what has President Supremacy von AgentOrangeFace done for black America—or, more importantly, for the black America that isn’t among the 1 percent? I’m actually not being facetious here;…
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Well, This Is Awkward: Los Angeles Lakers No Longer Want Player After Learning of Herpes Lawsuit: Report
In life-comes-at-you-fast news, the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to pass on small forward Jamil Wilson after learning that the former NBA player was being sued for sexual battery for allegedly knowingly giving a woman herpes. According to TMZ Sports, the woman claims that she received herpes simplex 2 during a yearlong relationship with Wilson.…
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‘Wet Dream Team’ Featuring Players ‘Knee-Grow’ and ‘Coon’ Suspended From Youth Basketball League
Someone at an Ohio middle school recreational basketball league thought it would be funny to give the team a sexually suggestive name with thinly veiled racial slurs on the backs of the kids’ jerseys, and now the team has been suspended for the rest of the season. Tony Rue attended a game at West Clermont…
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In Defense of Following and Rooting for Players Instead of Teams
It didn’t take much convincing for me to agree with my dad’s plan—that it was in my best interest to leave Sterrett Classical Academy in the city and transfer to St. Bartholomew (a private Catholic school in the suburbs with a stellar academic and athletic reputation) and repeat the sixth grade when making the switch.…
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Well, What Do You Know? Looks Like NFL Player Richie Incognito May Still Be a Racist
I don’t know how you undo racism, but I don’t know if having a come-to-Jesus moment only after being called out for saying really racist things to a teammate is enough to cure someone. But to hear defensive end Yannick Ngakoue tell it, offensive lineman Richie Incognito may still be suffering from racism. You remember…
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Looks Like Black Girls Are About to Dominate Speedskating in the 2018 Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics may just finally be worth watching, because heretofore, the international sports competition has been whiter than Cardi B’s new teeth (and cuz yes, I roots for all the black folks). On Friday, Erin Jackson became the first black woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic long-track speedskating team, and the third-ever African…
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Defying Gravity: 5 Pole Dancing Athletes Debunk Stereotypes—and Dare You to Try Something New
Ballet dancer Misty Copeland once said: “You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things. Stay strong and find motivation.” Two years ago, I applied this same perspective to pole dancing. I transitioned from joking about having two left feet to signing up for a pole dancing course; I left…
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Family Feud: Craig Sager Left His Older Children Out of His Will
Legendary and colorful sports reporter Craig Sager left his three children from his first marriage—Craig II, Kacy and Krista—out of his will, and that is causing a dramatic family feud that is playing out on social media. Craig Sager’s son Craig Sager II took to Twitter Tuesday night to complain about being taken to court…
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Proposed Law Would Force Indianapolis Colts to Refund Fans if Players Kneel During Anthem
A Republican lawmaker in the Indiana House of Representatives is proposing legislation that would require the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts to refund ticket prices to their fans if any players on the team kneel during the national anthem at home games. State Rep. Milo Smith told the Indy Star that his bill would allow fans who…