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You're Out...of Your Mind! ‘Cowboy’ Joe West Doubts COVID-19 Deaths, Won’t Opt Out of MLB Season
To the shock of absolutely no one, Joe West made a bad call....
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Trash Talkin' Tuesday: Pat Mahomes Deserves Every Penny [Video]
This Tuesday, I’m trashing sports fans and those other TV/radio talking heads who question whether Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is worth that record-setting, mega contract extension he just signed....
What Exactly Is MLS’ Endgame?
The lie that every league in the U.S. has sold, and not very well, is that it can return to action safely, even if in spaces where COVID-19 is raging. Even the leagues that are returning only in Florida, where they set records daily on new cases and the state government’s response is like trying to ...
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Inside the Nasty, Bed-Bug Ridden WNBA Bubble [Updated]
A WNBA league source told Deadspin that the league’s “bubble” at IMG Academy, designed to keep the coronavirus out, has failed to do the same with bed bugs. ...
DeSean Jackson Shares Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts, Eagles To Take 'Appropriate Action'
Over the past few days, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, DeSean Jackson, has shared a string of anti-Semitic social media posts and praised anti-Semitic extremist Louis Farrakhan....
Racist College Coaches Are Getting Exposed by Their Players, and it's Awesome
Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was just the tip of the iceberg....
Has Barcelona Finally Broken Lionel Messi?
Everything about Barcelona the past decade and a half has been about pushing things until they break. Sometimes that’s good, as its dominance on the field has yielded an ungodly sum of league titles and four Champions’ League triumphs....
Here are the MLB Players Opting Out of the 2020 Season
With Opening Day just weeks away, the number of players deciding to sit out the 2020 MLB season due to mounting coronavirus concerns. Here’s a running account of the players who have decided to opt out....
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Trump Lies About Bubba Wallace, NASCAR Has Yet to Denounce Tweet [UPDATED]
Trump loves to criticize Black athletes. Scratch that. He needs to criticize Black athletes....
The NHL Has A Different Idea, Except It’s The Same Idea
What we’ve learned so far about sports attempting to come back in the U.S. amongst a pandemic (and the balloon-handed handling of it) is that no model has proven safe. The “bubble” model didn’t protect MLS from having their Orlando bubble contaminated to the point that Dallas FC is being isolated th...
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This is Going Great: Where MLB Stands with COVID [UPDATED]
When last we left our intrepid MLB, it was crowing about getting guys into summer camp (sponsored by Camping World!) and making a naked bid to get Domino’s Pizza to sponsor their health “plan.”...
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. ...
David Price Decides it’s Not Right to Play Baseball
Dodgers pitcher David Price announced he would sit out the 2020 MLB season on Saturday....
5-Star Recruit Makur Maker Committing to Howard Could be Game Changer for HBCUs
Maybe Makur Maker’s decision will be the spark....
We Still Haven’t Heard a Peep Out of Atlanta, Chicago, and Kansas City About Native Names
You can be forgiven if you don’t know who plays at Truist Park. After all, there’s never been a game at Truist Park....
The Porn Industry Is Flirting With The Sports World
Sex really sells....
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....
Entire Team Quarantined in Disney’s Stupid ‘Athlete Bubble’ as More Test Positive
They’re spending Independence Day in lockdown....