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Draymond Green points out problem with NBA and society
Draymond Green is speaking facts once again....
It’s been a wacky Australian Open, even if no one’s around to see it
As we’ve previously stated, the Australian Open has a surreal quality, at least on these shores, where an already-niche sport takes place in the dark for only the truly dedicated/bewildered. It’s even more so this edition, as on Friday the live spectators were shooed out of the tournament altogether...
Seven Flyers now on COVID list, and one of them, Oskar Lindblom, just got over cancer
Friday was a rare night in the NHL with no games postponed due to COVID-19 … because there were only two games scheduled to begin with....
Recent stretch shows Carmelo Anthony could be Portland’s X-Factor as he climbs NBA all-time scoring ranks
Who doesn’t love nostalgia?...
Texans releasing J.J. Watt offers peek into racially coded language — what’s 'classy' & who gets to be the 'face of a franchise'?
When the Texans decided to release J.J. Watt on Friday, it marked the end of an era in Houston — and the continuation of an era in media’s use of coded language....
It might be time for Dak Prescott to want out of Dallas
It might be time for Dak Prescott to take matters into his own hands....
Britt Reid is gone from the Chiefs as 5-year old Ariel remains in coma
One week after Britt Reid, Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach and Andy Reid’s son, caused a car accident and admitted to police officers that he had been drinking, many people are left wondering if there will be ramifications from the NFL and/or the Chiefs organization. Conveniently enough for the C...
Tokyo Olympic boss/misogynist pig Yoshiro Mori to resign in disgrace; Games should follow him out door
As expected, Tokyo Olympic Committee president Yoshiro Mori is going to step down for being a misogynist dolt when he said this of women:...
Cuomo's stupid arena-reopening plan once again ignores actual New Yorkers, & you know, science
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the New York City subway system has been shut down overnight since last spring, ostensibly for deep cleaning, even though trains can be cleaned at their terminals during the day, and even though trains have continued running during overnight hours all along, just empty...
The Makur Maker experiment at Howard failed, but, that’s no reason to start ignoring HBCU sports again
It was never going to work. Not in a million years....
Citi Field opens for 'mass' vaccinations, but with far fewer doses than Yankee Stadium, because NYC
If this isn’t a metaphor for New York baseball I don’t know what is....
Stop ignoring fighters in your 'greatest athlete ever' conversations
Somehow, someone decided that that speculation of Tom Brady’s standing amongst all athletes following Sunday’s Super Bowl was a spectacular idea. And days later, here we are, still extrapolating over it....
Penguins’ pitiful pairing of Hextall & Burke shows NHL old useless boys network is alive as ever
Hiring practices in the major sports leagues have been under the microscope of late. Especially in the NFL, where overqualified Black candidates can’t seem to get jobs ahead of white ones that seemingly come from nowhere, or are retreads, or if you’re the Lions you find a guy who had spent the previ...
Kyle Lowry’s potential trade destinations if/when Raptors decide it's 'time to move on'
Longtime Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowry is one expiring contract who could swing the NBA championship picture as much as anyone likely to be dealt by March 25’s deadline. That is, outside of a shocking Bradley Beal or Ben Simmons transaction. Or perhaps a Victor Oladipo re-routing, but even that’s depend...
Rings don’t make Tom Brady the NFL GOAT, just as they don’t make Bill Russell the NBA GOAT
Tom Brady’s minions are at it again....
Well at least MLB and MLBPA can agree on something
Gonna be a bit of a smorgasbord today. That’s ok, not all of them are gross or a petri dish of foodborne illness. There’s a Polish buffet around here that would change your life. Anyway, to it…...
Revisiting the 15 bizarre Super Bowl prop bets from last week
Last week, Deadspin published it’s 15 bizarre Super Bowl Prop bets to bank on. Today we want to figure out how we did....
Racism is why your favorite team hired a sorry white guy instead of a really good Black Super Bowl coach
Stupid is as stupid does....
The wall between AEW and NJPW has come down, maybe, but what’s next?
Ever since AEW formed, wrestling fans have been wondering, hoping, praying for some kind of relationship between AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Most of that was based on a swath of AEW stars who made their name in NJPW. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks are first on the list, as they became global s...
The Derrick Rose trade could work for Knicks, but only if Immanuel Quickley is allowed to grow
Derrick Rose is back in his second home. The New York Knicks re-acquired the former MVP in a deal over the weekend with the Detroit Pistons, confirmed on Monday morning. The Knicks sent a 2021 second-round pick and enigmatic 2017 top-10 draft choice, Dennis Smith Jr., to Detroit....