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Distraught Stephen Jackson’s Pain About George Floyd is Real: White People Need To Listen
The world has seen the gut-wrenching killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin as his colleagues refused to stop a murder in progress....
NWSL Will Be America's First Team Sports League To Resume Play In Pandemic's Wake
Today, The NWSL announced their “2020 Challenge Cup,” which follows the tournament guidelines we outlined last week. ...
Just Rename It The Alex Ovechkin Trophy Already
One of the footnotes in the NHL’s release of its playing plan yesterday is that, in declaring the regular season over, Alex Ovechkin will once again win the Rocket Richard Trophy for most goals in the season. He’ll split it with David Pastrnak as they both potted 48 goals, though Ovechkin did it in ...
‘Jungleman’ Comes Clean, Admits To Role In Poker Scandal
Renowned poker pro “Jungleman” Daniel Cates ’fessed up to an online cheating scandal that surfaced over the weekend, one which multimillionaire Bill Perkins claimed on Twitter would “make the Mike Postle (scandal) look like a church service.”...
ESPN’s <i>Lance:</i> New Documentary, Same Glib Asshole
Lance Armstrong is a dick....
Coco Gauff And The Inevitable Lost Innocence Of Black Youth
It was only a matter of time....
MLB Plan Seeks To Splinter Players Union With Pay Cuts Aimed At Highest-Paid
The inherent advantage that Major League Baseball has in any labor battle is that players’ salaries are public and much higher than yours, while the teams do not have to open their books....
NHL Unveils Plan To Return, With A Few Questions Left Out There Like When, Where And How?
What’s most obvious about the NHL’s “outline” of how it will finish its 2019-2020 playoffs is that it had a huge desire to be the first league to put actual matchups and actual processes in fans’ minds. It’s like giving an animal a name. Makes it harder to kill or something....
Solution To Meaningless Games: NBA Should Go To 10-Team Conference Bracket
All reports are pointing to the return of the NBA season in late July....
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...
Reggie Bush Is Right: Paying College Athletes Will ‘Destroy’ Some, But Not All Of Them
Despite how you may feel about Reggie Bush and the choices he’s made in his life, it doesn’t negate the fact that he knows a little something about the worth of a top-tier college athlete, and all the temptations that come along with it....
Kendrick Perkins Is Right: Harden Is Better Than Curry
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a live NBA game. But Monday NBA Twitter was acting like it caught amnesia when the topic on the table was determining who was better: Steph Curry or James Harden....
‘Dream Team Tape’ Proves Jordan Lied About Keeping Isiah Off Team
Today’s Jordan tape tells a different story between Michal Jordan and Isiah Thomas than the one we heard on The Last Dance....
Crisp Visual Metaphor Of The Week: Jaguars' Mascot Beaten To Pulp In Empty Stadium
In what could only be described as a Jason Mendoza fever dream, AEW held a 10-man main event Saturday night inside the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium with the Jaguars cheerleaders and the team mascot, Jaxson de Ville. Perhaps if Mr. Mendoza had known about this, he wouldn’t have thought a perfect Mad...
No One Has More To Lose On An NBA Reboot Than LeBron James
If — or when — the 2019-2020 NBA season gets back under way, there can be only one loser at season’s end....
Reliving the 2000s Pittsburgh Pirates, A Time of Bow & Arrows, Tony Plush And Beating Sausages
Perhaps no team in history defined a single decade like the Bulls of the 90s. They racked up wins, fans, championships and pop-culture adulation on their way to immortality, ultimately etching a lengthy run of dominance that none of us may ever see again. Hence the 10-episode documentary The Last Da...
Patrick Ewing Is Out Of The Hospital And Home 'Getting Better' After Positive COVID-19 Test
NBA Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is out of the hospital....
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....
My Poker Life — Vacation Plans and Remembering Vegas Ed
I booked a late October flight to Las Vegas. I’m not optimistic that this trip will happen, but I need something to look forward to while waiting out this untethered, apocalyptic boredom. I spent two years in Vegas failing at being a professional player/socialite/Cards Against Humanity champion. ...
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....