sports
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Something Smells Catfishy: Ray Allen’s Alleged Male Stalker Claims They Had a 3-Year Romantic Relationship
This whole thing is becoming intensely messy. Former NBA superstar Ray Allen claimed that he’d been catfished by a man pretending to be several women. In court documents obtained by TMZ Sports, Allen claims that upon learning that it was, in fact, a man behind the online dating profiles, he ended the relationships. Now the…
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Georgia Tech Football Player’s Brutal KO of Teammate Caught on Video and I Have Questions
A violent fight (if you could call it that) between two Georgia Tech football teammates has been released on TMZ Sports, and it’s pretty brutal. According to the sports site, defensive back Step Durham knocked out teammate and fellow defensive back Lance Austin inside the Yellow Jackets training facility before this year’s football season began.…
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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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Trump’s Racist Beef Could Make LaVar Ball a Lot of Money
The battle of the blowhards between everybody’s loud-ass uncle and white America’s racist grandpa has reached a fever pitch. LaVar Ball’s unwillingness to bow down to Donald Trump has spurred an endless stream of media reports and interviews, prompting Trump to lash out at Ball for his refusal to admit that Ball’s son would be…
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Trump Thinks That Standing in the Locker Room During the Anthem Is Offensive Because He’s an Idiot
I don’t hate; it’s not really in my nature. I fake-hate on a regular, tho. Like, I will fake-hate on Cam Newton’s goofy outfits, but if really asked, I don’t care how he dresses. I fake-hate this bullshit iPhone 8, but I don’t know if there is a better phone because of that research and…
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Thank Gawd LaVar Ball Told Trump to Kiss His Black Ass
LaVar Ball doesn’t give a fuck. The sooner you understand that, the sooner you will grow accustomed to him not giving a fuck about what Donald Trump—or anyone else, for that matter—says about him. Giving a fuck is not how LaVar Ball became LaVar Ball. He is on everyone’s radar because he is the antithesis…
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LeVar Burton Is a National Treasure, so How Dare Trump Voters Confuse Him With LaVar Ball?
I cannot believe that I live in an America where there are people who don’t know LeVar Burton. He’s only the man who taught every child born during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s how to read through the miraculous gift of the PBS show Reading Rainbow! Can anyone else say that? As if teaching the…
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Donald Trump Just Can’t Get Off LaVar’s Balls
President ChiChi von FruitSnacks is up to his old WWE tactics again: He spent his presidential morning on the White House toilet tweeting his thoughts about an African-American father who doesn’t fuck with him. Look at that “IT WAS ME!” in all caps. Looks like the president is really butt-hurt over this whole thing. President…
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Watch: Jemele Hill Says Our Progress Is ‘3 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back’
“We perceive color and report on black athletes, men and women, differently.” —Jemele Hill Jemele Hill’s name has been hashtagged, dragged and praised heavily this year, and here at The Root, we honor her for her contributions to journalism. As a black female sports journalist, Hill realizes how black athletes are perceived, and she’s bringing…