sports
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#MakeAmericaHateAgain: ‘Nigger’ Spray-Painted on Home Owned by LeBron James
LeBron James might be the most beloved and recognized black man in America today. He is arguably the best basketball player ever to grace the court and easily one of the most charitable sports stars ever to donate a dollar, but in the end, in Trump’s America, he’s just another “nigger.” A Los Angeles home…
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LaVar Ball—His Team and His Mouth—Shut Down by Compton, 109-57
Known loudmouth LaVar Ball got his comeuppance from the city of Compton, Calif., on Saturday—and NBA star James Harden was there to see the whole thing. Ball’s AAU basketball team—the Big Ballers, which his oldest son, LaMelo, plays for—got crushed 109-57 by the Compton Magic at the Magic Memorial Day Festival in Southern California, according…
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Aaron Hernandez Wanted to Bunk With a Cellmate Whom He Called ‘My Heart’
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was found dead last month in prison, wrote several letters asking to be moved to a different part of the lockup and asked to be allowed to move in with one of his friends from the outside whom he referred to as his “heart.” Five handwritten…
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NFL Star Calls for Boycott of Seattle Times Because Outspoken Black Athletes Are So ‘Immature’
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett is calling for a boycott of the Seattle Times after the newspaper published a scathing opinion article calling the outspoken NFL star “immature.” Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins waded into the beef between the All-Pro Seahawks lineman and Blowhard Hall of Fame windbag Stephen A. Smith in a Saturday…
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Root For LaVar Ball If You Want To, But Just Know You're Rooting For A Piece Of Shit
There’s so much to like about the idea of LaVar Ball that at times it feels like he was created in a Likable Nigga Generator. First, of course, is the fact that he’s the very involved Black dad of three star athletes, which contradicts both a stereotype about Black men and a stereotype about Black athletes.…
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Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett Escalates Feud With Stephen A. Smith
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took to Twitter on Friday to respond to criticism from the polysyllabic, empty bag of humid wind known to sports fans around the world as Stephen A. Smith. Michael Bennett, the outspoken Pro Bowl football player, recently gave an interview with John Clayton and Gee Scott on their 710…
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Kobe Bryant Retweets Kid’s Request and Gets a Whole Class Out of Final Exam
Kobe Bryant just gave kids at one Indiana high school a nice assist; that’s because Black Mamba just got an entire class out of taking a final exam. William Pate, a high school senior at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, reached out to Bryant via Twitter with a full-court heave: If the Black Mamba…
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Kobe Bryant Sends Gifts to Jordan Edwards’ Brother for His Birthday
reported Kevon Edwards was in the car on April 29 when his unarmed 15-year-old brother, Jordan, was gunned down by a Dallas police officer. The two brothers were leaving a party in Balch Springs, Texas, when an officer opened fire on the car they were riding in. The story touched Kobe Bryant so much that…
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Curt Schilling Is Wypipo
Whenever the word “wypipo” surfaces on the internet, there comes the inevitable Caucasian clapback that accuses the user of racism. Sometimes the accusers will even go so far as to inject the conversation with the fictional term that accompanies all white tears and brow furrowing: “reverse racism.” While the word is somewhat divisive, it is…