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It’s All Going Wrong for Barcelona and Messi Can’t Save It Any More
It was a big ask for any football club to hang on to whatever they had before the shutdown due to coronavirus. A three-month break is larger than the normal offseason these teams get. When everything was on ground as shaky as Barcelona’s lead in La Liga, it was probably always doomed. The only thing...
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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 ...
K-State Football is Latest Example of College Athletes Recognizing Their Power
You’ve heard of Black Power....
Vince Carter Will Be Remembered For More Than His Ridiculous, Insane, Outrageous, Thunderous, Posterizing, High-Flying Dunks
I was around 6 years old when my parents bought me my first basketball magazine....
NASCAR Stands with Bubba Wallace
Before the start of Monday’s rescheduled Geico 500 at Talladega, NASCAR athletes and personnel gathered to push Bubba Wallace’s race car to the front of pit row. The gesture was a show of solidarity after yesterday’s hate crime....
Dan Carcillo’s Lawsuit Claims Junior Hockey is a Cesspool
Dan Carcillo, along with former Western Hockey League player Garrett Taylor, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Hockey League that amounts to a smorgasbord of accusations to turn your stomach. Some of the worst include younger players being violated with hockey sticks, being force...
Coronavirus is Telling Sports World to Shut It Down. Update: MLB Closes Down Facilities
This story has been updated with reports on Auston Matthews and Clemson...
Renee Montgomery Explains Why She’s Stepping Away From the WNBA This Season
Atlanta Dream guard Renee Montgomery woke up nervous. She was about to send a tweet that would put her in the national spotlight and change the course of her athletic career....
Josh Gibson and the Long Gone Summers That Should Have Been
The following is adapted from the podcast script for Stick to Pods Episode 11, “Josh Gibson,” which originally aired on April 12, 2018...
'Lincoln Made a Mistake': St. John's Fires Fencing Coach Who Said Black People 'Steal,' 'Kill,' and 'Do Drugs'
St. John’s fired a repugnant racist assistant fencing coach, Boris Vaksman, after he said “Lincoln made a mistake” by freeing slaves in a Zoom call....
A Crazy Train of Upsets as Arena Anthem Death Match Marches into Sweet 16
You people are weird....
Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club: Enjoy A Break From The World With Bad News Baseball
This was a week full of bad news. Police beat up peaceful protestors from coast to coast after the murder of George Floyd. A global pandemic continued to rage while sports somehow got closer to returning, even as athletes tested positive for coronavirus....
While Inquirer Journos Stage ‘Call In Sick And Tired’ Protest, Here’s A Reminder That No One In Philly Cared About Eagles Fans' Riots
Journalists of color and allies staged a one-day “call out sick and tired” at the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, protesting an abysmal, offensive headline that appeared in Wednesday’s print edition that said, “Buildings Matter, Too,” in reference to looting and damage done by rioting in the wake...
The Two Faces of Shad Khan
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, wrote an op-ed on the team’s site today urging readers not to “waste” this cultural moment to be active. He wrote about racism in America, his own lived experience as a Muslim immigrant, and his desire to “level the playing field” across the nation....
Policies Of Miami Cop Who First Said Trump's 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' Gave Rise To Muhammad Ali
Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian outburst was a Friday morning tweet that Twitter flagged as violating the platform’s rules “about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”...
Bayern Munich Are Inevitable, Time Marches On, Bells Toll, The Whole Thing
While the return of the Bundesliga has provided something to watch and discuss (and something of a roadmap for how other leagues could get back on the field), what it couldn’t promise was actual drama, especially in its title race. This afternoon, as is their way, Bayern Munich eliminated any chance...
Watching Tom Brady Shank His Way Around A Golf Course Is the Charity Event We're Here For
It’s a weird Sunday when Tom Brady loses. And that happened today at The Match II....
The COVID Class: How Will History Remember The 2020 NBA Draft?
Athletes are creatures of habit. It’s why so many of them get lost in translation when their playing days are over....
Five Reasons To Watch — And Not Watch — 'The Match 2'
Live sports are coming back....