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To the 'Nikki Haley/America has never been racist' crowd, I present you the Cardell Hayes caseIt has been eight years since former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith was killed in a road rage incident. Cardell Hayes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison back in December 2016. However, the verdict was not unanimous. At the time, Louisiana was one of only t...

From drug suspension to blunt ambassador, Ricky Williams is rolling his own pathRICKY WILLIAMS was sitting on a couch in a smoke-filled room, blazing a joint to celebrate his cannabis lifestyle brand “Highsman” during one of the biggest sports weekends of the year. ...

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Tennessee won’t revise alcohol policy… are they drunk?

The University of Tennessee has a plan to prevent another trash blizzard in response to this month’s debacle when Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss visited Knoxville....

The Cleveland Guardians name situation keeps getting uglier

The team formerly known as the Cleveland Indians is being sued over their non-rights to the name “Cleveland Guardians.” The Cleveland Guardians moniker is already trademarked by a roller derby team located in Parma, one of the suburbs of Cleveland. However, that hasn’t stopped Cleveland’s MLB franch...

In the Olympics – and everywhere – trans women <i>are</i> women

You know, we don’t really have to keep doing this every time the situation comes up....

Supreme Court justices dunk on NCAA in athlete-pay hearing

It’s the final day of March and madness continues — not in Indiana or Texas, but in Washington, D.C. Today, the Supreme Court heard an argument on college athlete compensation and... it didn’t seem to go all that well for the NCAA....

Appeals Court Vacates Ezekiel Elliott's Injunction, Clears Path To Suspension [Updated]

The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the NFL today in the ongoing Ezekiel Elliott case, writing that Elliott’s lawsuit contesting his six-game suspension was “premature.”...