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ESPN's "Black Grantland" Hires Writers, May Eventually Publish SomethingToday, two and a half years after the project was first announced, ESPN issued a press release about a fresh round of hires at its black-interest site, The Undefeated. While the site doesn’t yet exist, properly speaking, its staff has nonetheless managed to produce nearly two blog posts per month ov...

How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated "Black Grantland"Last month, The Atlantic published an 18,000-word article by Ta-Nehisi Coates called “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” It was the second epic piece in what appears to be a series in which Coates examines the toll of white supremacy as American policy on black life in the United St...

So Why Did Jason Whitlock Bail On A <i>New York</i> Mag Profile? New York magazine has a new 4,000-word feature on ESPN personality Jason Whitlock out, and while it offers a good (if familiar) rundown of Whitlock’s career and how he ended up getting fired from his own non-existent website before it even launched, it offers nothing first-hand from its subject. Wha...

Black Grantland's Old White Guy To Black People: Do What I Tell You

Yesterday, news dropped that Jason Whitlock was about to make Mike Wise, an oldish white Washington Post columnist and proud champion of liberal causes, his second official "black Grantland" hire. That's interesting not just because of what he is—this is supposed to be a site bursting with young, up...

After last night's report that Jason Whitlock is signing longtime Washington Post columnist Mike Wise for "black Grantland," ESPN announced that the site has three new hires. Jesse Washington will be a a senior writer, Danielle Cadet a senior editor, and Ryan Cortes a staff writer....

"Black Grantland" Hires White Hot-Taker Who Whines About Rap Music

So, there's some news today regarding Jason Whitlock's ESPN website, which at least at one point was supposed to be a "black Grantland." First, it's still a thing that is happening. Second, Whitlock's close to signing his second official hire: Washington Post columnist Mike Wise....

ESPN Hires Executive Editor To Run Jason Whitlock's "Black Grantland"

ESPN has just announced that it has hired Amy DuBois Barnett as executive editor of its new Jason Whitlock-led website geared toward African Americans....

Can Jason Whitlock Save ESPN's "Black Grantland" From Himself?

This, I thought in disbelief, is really how I'm going to die. ...