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Jason Whitlock Hates Black People
I despise trolls. Internet trolls do not bother me. In fact, I find them piteous. I feel sorry for people whose lives are so devoid of meaning or filled with privilege that their only respite is to attempt to upset others on social media. They are hilariously sad. I hate the original trolls. The ones…
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Dancing Ray Lewis Needs to Keep Dancing and Stay Off Colin Kaepernick’s Girlfriend’s Timeline
There was a time in the not-so-distant past that black men who told on slaves who tried to escape slavery earned themselves some extra comforts from their master. Maybe they got an extra pig foot at dinner. Maybe they got an actual bed to sleep in that night, or maybe they got an extra-long rub…
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#BlackGirlMagic: US Open Women’s Singles Semifinals Will Feature 2 American Black Women
The U.S. Open Women’s Singles Semifinals will be a display of American #BlackGirlMagic (word to CaShawn Thompson) when Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens face off in what is likely to be a match for the ages, and we are all very excited because yes, black girls who play tennis come through! Is Compton, Calif., in…
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3 Black Women Advance to US Open Semifinals
For the first time in U.S. Open history, three black women have advanced to the quarterfinal round—and in this case, they all happen to be American. As of Monday, Venus Williams, 37; Sloane Stephens, 24; and Madison Keys, 22, are all vying for the Tiffany-engraved trophy. Oh, and it’s all going down at a stadium…
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Led by Cam Newton’s Little Brother, Howard U Pulls Off Largest Point Spread Upset in College Football History
If you were a betting person and put down $100 on the Howard University-vs.-UNLV football game Saturday, you would have walked away with $55,000. That’s because the Bison pulled off the largest point spread upset in college history—45 of them—led by Caylin Newton, the younger brother of famed quarterback Cam Newton. The Bison beat the…
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Why Aren’t There More Black WWE Stars?
The first time I remember consciously turning on the TV to watch wrestling, I saw the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, squaring off against Mike Tyson. I watched in confusion as the two superstars threatened to hit each other and Michaels ripped open Tyson’s shirt to the thunderous roar of the audience, indicating that they’d formed…
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LaVar Ball May Have Ruined Youngest Son’s NCAA Career With Signature Shoe: ‘Who Cares? If He Can’t Play, Then He Can’t Play’
LaMelo Ball is the youngest Ball brother, and now, at just 16 years old, he is the first high school player to have his own signature shoe. And, surely, the NCAA will have something to say about this, which, of course, must trouble the outlandish patriarch of the Ball clan. Doesn’t it? “We’ll worry about…
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Aaron Rodgers Knows the Truth, Says Colin Kaepernick Is Still a Free Agent Because of His Protest
Aaron Rodgers knows that Colin Kaepernick isn’t on an NFL roster because he had the audacity to protest the killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children at the hands of police. Rodgers noted that anyone who believes that Kaepernick is still a free agent because of his abilities and not his protest would be…
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Shannon Sharpe, the Most Woke Sports Commentator Ever, Bashes Jim Brown: ‘I’m So, So Disappointed in Him’
Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe is not here for the dumb shit. As a co-host of FS1’s highly rated Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, he constantly checks his counterpart Skip Bayless’ position on black issues. Sharpe has also been one of the most vocal supporters of NFL free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s silent protest…
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Why Sage Steele Needs to Go Sit Down and Stare Longingly at the Stirring Teaspoon
At this point, I wish that sports announcer-turned-perpetual wagging finger of respectability politics Sage Steele would just sit, really sit, and stare at the stirring teaspoon. At this point, those of us with both feet firmly planted on the black side of things get her whole shtick. Steele is the military-raised mixed kid whose politics…