june - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius out of prison, will live in uncle's luxury mansionOscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who shot and killed his girlfriend, was quietly released from a South African prison today, and was allegedly warned he could be assassinated in retaliation....

Women’s World Cup preview: Can the Japanese bookend the American’s dominance from Group C?This should be pretty straightforward. It’s a matter of whether Spain or Japan advances from Group C as the winners, and who heads to the knockout stage as runners-up. That leaves Costa Rica and Zambia leaving Oceania early, but does anything exactly go to plan on the world stage? Group C has as cle...

Bob Huggins says resignation void because it was penned on invalid stationeryThank the lord for Bob Huggins. This week — MLB All-Star week — is usually bereft of general sports storylines, and also a warning shot that we’re about to enter Little League World Series territory, aka the most mind-numbing stretch on the sports calendar. So, that’s why I say thank god for Huggins...

Major League Baseball needs more African-American players, less Juneteenth grandstanding

Corporate America is trying to ruin Juneteenth — like the “Swag Surf” and countless things before it. It’s the reason why Gayle King had to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that consistently er...

Another Juneteenth, and America still doesn't get it

For the third time on Monday, the United States of America will acknowledge Juneteenth as a federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed the declaration into law two days before the holiday in 2021. Now as America enters its third nationwide Juneteenth celebration — three years after George Floyd’s d...

Juneteenth is being hijacked from African-Americans

There’s nothing on Earth that gets stolen from more than Black culture. From our bodies being taken from Africa to every part of our identities being appropriated and fawned over, as infuriating as it may be, it makes sense that America would want to steal our joy, too. It’s why a white-ass team in ...

Bill Russell, an OG in the Fight for Equality, Swats Down Trump's Nonsense

Bill Russell is no stranger to the fight for equality....

The Day I Believed I Could Fly With Dylan And The Dead

None, some or all of this may be true. I don't know, but I was there....