sports
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Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers: Are a Man’s Pride and a Father’s Love Ruining a Basketball Franchise?
Let me preface all of this by saying that I am a diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan. The Clippers will always be the JV squad in this city, and everyone knows it. It doesn’t matter how close they get to winning a championship or how bad a season the Lakers are having—this city rides for…
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How Much Do Black Folks Owe Colin Kaepernick?
Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on Afroed protester in one season. One minute he was the hot boy who women were fawning over, then he sat down during the national anthem and became the hot boy with a mind and a blowout that would make the most righteous 1960s revolutionary jealous. And…
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Steph Curry Scores Richest Deal in NBA History With $200,000,000 Contract
He might not be Michael Jordan, or even LeBron James, but Steph Curry has just agreed to what amounts to the richest deal in NBA history. The five-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is worth $201 million with no options, as confirmed by Curry’s agent Jeff Austin of Octagon. USA Today reports that Curry…
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Serena Williams Beats Everyone On The Court, But Just Can't Win With White People And Black Men
I want to say that the first time that I heard Serena Williams called a man was middle school. I can’t say that with absolute certainty as middle school is generally universally awful and grades six through eight are a haze of mob mentality and chocolate milk but nonetheless, it wasn’t until my teen years…
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Strong Enough for a Man, Made (as) a Woman: John McEnroe, Serena Williams and the Erasure of Black Female Excellence
“If [Serena] played the men’s circuit, she’d be, like, 700 in the world.” —John McEnroe “If I were a man, then it wouldn’t be any sort of question.” —Serena Williams John McEnroe cannot be serious. He couldn’t seriously think that he could question or attempt to qualify the greatness of the goddess known as Serena…
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A Tale of 2 Brothers: 1 Destined for the NBA, the Other a Hater
Mohamed Bamba is the type of player college coaches drool over. He’s a 7-foot-tall big man with a 7-foot-9 wingspan who was ranked No. 3 in the ESPN 100 rankings of players for 2017. He’s a McDonald’s All-American, and the type of player who can single-handedly change a program’s charted course. In fact, ESPN wrote…
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‘Form NBA Voltron!’ Chris Paul Headed to Houston Rockets
This NBA season and the next could see the making of the mega-teams. In a blockbuster trade announced Wednesday, Chris Paul is leaving the Los Angeles Clippers to join forces with James Harden and the Houston Rockets. According to ESPN, the Rockets will send Sam Dekker, Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams to the Clippers for…
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LaVar Ball Took His Shirt Off During WWE’s Monday Night Raw and We Can’t Unsee This
LaVar Ball’s 15 minutes ended right around the time he took his shirt off. The father of three extremely talented basketball players, including the newly drafted Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, recently made a guest appearance on WWE’s Monday Night Raw. The eldest Ball has molded himself from overly concerned father into a businessman…
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Watch NBA Guard Victor Oladipo Get Embarrassed by 12-Year-Old
It isn’t often that a 12-year-old can say that he schooled an NBA guard during that guard’s own camp for kids, but Victor Oladipo went all in and fell for the banana in the tailpipe, aka the nutmeg dribble, when he decided to check this kid. It was reportedly the first day of camp when…
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From Drake’s Monologue to Draymond’s Knickers, We Watched the NBA Awards So You Didn’t Have To
On Monday the NBA did its best BET Awards impersonation and hosted the first-ever NBA Awards to honor its top players. And while this first shot was an air ball, I have to admit that I like the idea of the show—but there are several areas that are in desperate need of some extra time…