sports
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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…
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Cam Newton May Have Written an Inspirational Note on Instagram, but I Can’t Read It Because He Types the Way Lil Yachty Raps
I want to give Cam Newton the benefit of the doubt and assume that his Instagram post, which includes his college mug shot photo, is a treatise about the youth of today learning from their mistakes. I want to assume that the IG post is about the trials that LiAngelo Ball is facing from his…
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Very Married Former NBA Star Ray Allen Reportedly Caught in Catfishing Scheme by ‘Troubled’ Man
Former NBA shooting guard, and very married, Ray Allen is out here wilding. Apparently ole Ray Allen got himself caught up in a damn catfishing scheme, and now he’s fighting to keep all his dirty laundry off the interwebs. In legal documents obtained by TMZ Sports, Allen was reportedly catfished by a man claiming to…
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Here’s Why No One Cares About University of Oklahoma Quarterback Baker Mayfield Grabbing His Dick on National TV
While “alt-whites” are fuming over the the shoplifting exploits of three teen UCLA players who happened to include ultra-free black man LaVar Ball’s middle son LiAngelo Ball, the Christian God’s favorite collegiate pocket passer and Heisman hopeful, University of Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, grabbed his dick on national television while yelling, “Fuck you,” to Kansas’ players.…
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LaVar Ball vs. Donald Trump: The Epic CNN Smackdown
If there is ever a lesson to be learned about LaVar Ball, it is that the man has powered up on his smack-talk game, and you will never be able to best him at it, even if you bring him on your CNN news show in an attempt to do so. Unfortunately, CNN host Chris…
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Trump Wants Marshawn Lynch Suspended and LaVar Ball’s Middle Child Thrown in Jail Because He’s Messy
President Ludwig von FuckFace will not stop wading in the petty pool. In fact, if we wanted a messy president who lives for drama, then the right person is in office. Over the weekend, President ShitBag von LittleFingers got all butt-hurt after LaVar Ball refused to acknowledge the president’s role in assisting in the release…
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Marshawn Lynch Only Stood During the Mexican Anthem Because He’s the Black Honey Badger and No One Can Stop Him
There was a man who tried to tell Marshawn Lynch what to do. That man is no longer with us. Because no one—I repeat, no one—tells Marshawn Lynch what to do. On Sunday, the Oakland Raiders were taking on the New England Patriots in Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and the Raiders running back sat…