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As More Demand the D.C. Football Team Change Its Racist Name, Here’s True Story of Why the Bullets Became the Wizards
In 1995, there were 361 homicides in Washington, D.C., and that death toll, more than double last year’s tragic tally of 166, represented a five-year low. The violence of the drug wars of the early ’90s ravaged The District, earning the city the nickname, the “Murder Capital” of America....
UFC’s Poirier Delivers Instant Classic En Route to Emergency Room as Dana White Tweets About Fight Island
If you like a good, old-fashioned fistfight, we got an instant classic for the “Just Bleed” crowd last night in Las Vegas....
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. ...
As COVID Spikes in Texas, Sugar Land Skeeters Will Open with Fans in the Stands
Texas is one of the hottest of hotspots for coronavirus right now, and Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the Lone Star State’s aggressive reopening will be rolled back some, with bars closing and river-rafting banned....
Morehouse Cancels Football Season Over Coronavirus Concerns
Morehouse College announced that the school is choosing its students’ health over dollars. The school is shutting down all fall sports....
Native American Leader Calls on NFL Washington Players to Sit Out Over Racist Name
A prominent Native American leader is calling on players for Washington D.C.’s NFL franchise to “rise to the occasion and become heroes” by refusing to play for a team “branded by a racial slur against Native Americans.”...
Racist North Carolina Racetrack Owner Advertises ‘Bubba Rope’ For Sale
A North Carolina racetrack owner is facing massive criticism and boycotts from fans after he decided to advertise “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook marketplace....
American Christian Pulisic’s Magisterial Goal is a Must See
Hey, remember back in 1990 when you were super-stoked to watch American John Harkes be a non-factor for non-factor Sheffield Wednesday? He was the first American to play in the English Premier League and we were all amazed. Don’t pretend you weren’t....
LeBron James' Media Company to Teach the History Behind Wealth Disparity
The country is slowly turning over a new leaf, one that will hopefully lead to a racially conscious society that uncovers stories like Black Wall Street and the Rosewood Massacre, that depict the sad fate many Black Americans experienced simply for creating their own wealth. It remains important tha...
NASCAR President Confirms 1 Noose Found in 1,684 Garage Stalls — Bubba Wallace's
NASCAR president Steve Phelps spoke to the media for the second time in just three days to address the issue that has taken all the air out of the announcement that the racing giant was banning the Confederate flag from NASCAR property: The noose found on NASCAR property....
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....
Sports Should Not Be Happening Right Now
We all realize all this is completely insane, right?...
The Hall of Fame Game Has Been Canceled - It Should Stay That Way
Now might be a good time to think about the future of the Hall of Fame game....
Finally, Jarome Iginla Has Peers
Much like the football Hall of Fame, just about anyone gets into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Play in the league long enough, be kind to the writers, and gain any sort of rep for grit or toughness, and you’ll probably get in. Which cheapens the entry of those who are truly generational players. Those wh...
NASCAR Wants Their Noose Situation To Go Away. They’ve Proven To Be Incapable Of Eliminating Racism
NASCAR thinks Black people are stupid....
Ultimate Frisbee Cancellation Deals Crushing Blow to Morale of Nation's Dudes, Bros
“Ugh. Not cool, dude.”...
Boxer Tyson Fury KOs Alleged Mob Boss/Promoter Daniel Kinahan
Looks like it’s back to the shadows for Daniel Kinahan....
All-Time Scumbag Ben Roethlisberger Ducks Blame Behind Jesus, Booze, and Porn
At a time when evangelical Christians have no problem standing behind a president who violates every tenet the church supposedly stands for, holding up a rapist like Ben Roethlisberger as a symbol of redemption wouldn’t take much more effort than a sneeze. Throw in as part of your “recovery story” t...
On the Joys of Running and the Agonies of a Canceled New York City Marathon
On September 10, with both of my kids in school for the full day for the first time, I went to South Beach on Staten Island to run, really run, for the first time in years. I’d tried to take up running a few times before — in college, in my 20s, earlier in my 30s — but always gave up pretty quickly,...
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Bubba Wallace Responds to Critics: 'It's a Straight-Up Noose' [Updated]
After a tumultuous couple of days, Bubba Wallace made the media rounds Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, after the FBI reported that the noose found in his garage stall Sunday had been there for as far back as October and therefore was not a hate crime directed at the only Black driver in NASCAR’...