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HBCUs Need More than Makur Maker, They Need NBA Money Makers, Too
The only thing Historically Black Colleges and Universities need more than a five-star basketball recruit like Makur Maker is cash....
Who Are the Best Athletes to Come From an HBCU? We Found a Few
The decision of top college recruit Markur Maker to turn down scholarship offers from Kentucky, UCLA and Memphis to attend Howard University, in D.C., an Historically Black College and University, has put the focus on HBCUs, once home to some of the best student-athletes in the country. When souther...
The NFL's Decision to Play the 'Black National Anthem' Before Games is its Dumbest Decision Yet
Justice. Equality. Fairness. Accountability. Anti-Racism. Reparations. Colin Kaepernick’s employment. ...
5-Star Recruit Makur Maker Committing to Howard Could be Game Changer for HBCUs
Maybe Makur Maker’s decision will be the spark....
What Could Have Been: A Look at The Baseball That We Missed Because of COVID-19 (June Edition)
Hey, we’ve arrived in a month that will actually feature live Major League Baseball. Not just old memories or the what-if, thinking about what action we were slated to see had the world not been blindsided by the coronavirus pandemic....
With Pro Football Hall of Fame Voters So White, Members Call for Diversity
A deep, underground, and uniquely American fault line shifted when Minnesota police murdered George Floyd. His killing shook this country to its historically racist core. Slowly, a subsection of our country is starting to hear and contemplate what minorities have been saying all along — the institut...
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FedEx, Washington NFL Stadium’s $205 Million Sponsor, Asks Team to Change Name [UPDATED]
Update (July 3): With pressure mounting from sponsors including FedEx, Nike, and now Pepsi, Washington announced today it would consider changing the name of its franchise. Follow the latest here....
All Maya Moore Did Was Walk Away From Her WNBA Career to Help Free an Innocent Man
Maya Moore willingly gave up her WNBA career before the age of 30. ...
USA Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Racially Coded Language in Sports
Baseball is America’s national pastime, but the use of racially coded language when referring to players is not a phenomenon that’s specific only to baseball. Certainly, if you’ve heard about an NFL cornerback with “deceptive speed” or an NBA guard with “outstanding leadership qualities,” you can ma...
And Now, the Winner of Deadspin’s Inaugural Arena Anthem Death Match
They are the champions, my friends ......
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Trey Songz Exposed a Horrific Incident of Racist Bullying Among the Philadelphia 76ers Dance Squad [UPDATED]
Charismatic singer Trey Songz, who uses his platform to get other stars to do charitable work with the “Feed Your City” challenge, shared the story of Yahne Coleman, a young Black woman who joined the Sixers’ dance team around 2010. She said she suffered abuse at the hands of her teammates, stating ...
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! The Mets are still paying $1.19M each year to a guy who retired decades ago
July 1 in baseball is Bobby Bonilla Day, when the Mets pay $1,193,248.20 to their former third baseman, who hasn’t set foot on a major league diamond since 2001, as part of a deferred payment plan. It’s a check the Mets have been cutting annually since 2011, and they will send a seven-figure sum to ...
Ian Desmond, Baseball, and Living in Someone Else's Home
A friend messaged me early this morning about an Instagram thread by Ian Desmond that I had to read....
Hawks Busy Doing Real Work in Atlanta as Other Teams Sit Behind Empty Words
There has never been a major city in the United States that’s enjoyed a longer run as America’s “Black Mecca” than Atlanta....
At-Risk Coaches and Managers Need to Sit This One Out
This morning, the Minnesota Twins became the first MLB team to sideline “at risk” coaches for the season due to COVID-19 with the Minnesota Star Tribune reporting that Bill Evers, 66, and Bob McClure, 68, would not coach in this year’s truncated season. Evers and McClure are the oldest coaches on th...
It’s ‘Thunderstruck’ vs. ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ in Fight for Arena Anthem Glory
This. Is. Glorious....
K-State Football is Latest Example of College Athletes Recognizing Their Power
You’ve heard of Black Power....
What If That Fake Patrick Mahomes Tweet was Real?
For a few hours on Saturday, things got uncomfortable for the ownership of the Kansas City Chiefs....
Do HIPAA Laws Apply to Athletes?
Privacy has rarely been a luxury afforded to some of the best professional athletes in the world....
The NWSL Takes a Knee
Twenty-two starters clothed in Black Black Lives Matter T-shirts from the North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns knelt during the national anthem before the National Women’s Soccer League kicked off their first game of the Challenge Cup Saturday. ...