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Former IU Football Player Shot And Killed During Night of Violence in Indianapolis
Chris Beaty, a former Indiana University football player, was shot and killed over the weekend in Indianapolis as demonstrations in response to the murder of George Floyd became violent....
J.R. Smith Gave Us A Much-Needed Moment Of Levity
In life, there are consequences and repercussions....
I Watched Dozens Of Cops Race Past My Whiteness To Assault Blacks In Times Square
All my life I have lived inside a bubble wrapped in white privilege. I don’t wear it as a badge of honor; it is just reality. This reality was never clearer than my experience during the George Floyd protests in New York City on Saturday....
Poker Pro Reports Better Than The Mainstream Media: ‘The Aggression Started With The Police.’ Update: And He Got Arrested
Sparked by the death of George Floyd, Mark Newhouse joined protesters in San Jose on Saturday who were demanding an end to police brutality. They were met with the same response as other protests nationwide: More police brutality....
Former NBA Player Royce White To Lead Another Peaceful Demonstration For George Floyd
On Thursday, Royce White sent a text message to a few athletes and friends from Minneapolis to gather folks for a peaceful demonstration against the killing of George Floyd. The next day, a few friends turned into a few thousand people in the streets, with White leading demonstrators from downtown M...
Colin Kaepernick Tried To Save George Floyd. They Called Him 'Son Of A Bitch' And Took His Career
Colin Kaepernick was right....
Stephen Jackson Tells The World: Get All These Mother **ckers In Jail
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson called for the arrests and convictions of all four officers involved in the murder of George Floyd....
American Greed: The Tug of War Between Owners and the MLBPA
This country has a problem....
Coco Gauff And The Inevitable Lost Innocence Of Black Youth
It was only a matter of time....
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...
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....
Jerry Sloan, Hall Of Fame Jazz Coach And All-Star Bulls Defender, Dead At 78
Legendary Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, a basketball titan on and off the court, died on Friday, the team announced. He was 78....
Oakland A's Lead National ‘Rent Freeze’ Movement
Oh, wait. Nope! They’re just greedy....
The NFL Isn't Only Place With Diversity Issues Among Its Football Coaches, The College Game Is Just As Bad
The NFL is once again trying to mask its diversity shortcomings with a “public” ploy to hoodwink and bamboozle us. But, sadly this isn’t an exclusive problem that exists at the games highest level....
NFL's 'Broken System' Is So Racist Owners Can't Even Be Bribed To Hire Black People
Owners in the National Football League aren’t too fond of black people having power....
What A Time To Be Alive: A Look At How The University of Florida Was The Place To Be In 2007
You know that whole “turn to the left and to the right of you” thing some colleges and universities do during freshman orientation?...
MLB'S Testing Plan Is Thorough, But Does It Pass The Doolittle Test?
While there are certainly many miles of financial sparring between MLB owners and players to get through before the league can return to play, issues rooted in the players’ concerns over safety. While a good portion, if not all, being the players’ anger over the owners reneging on a deal they made i...
Err Jordan: Where The Hell Did Michael Learn How To Dress?
It’s almost taken for granted nowadays that to be in the NBA, you also have to be a style icon. Russell Westbrook in his Tom Ford goodness makes best-dressed lists everywhere, and pregame television coverage now includes obligatory shots of players arriving for games, walking through dank, undergrou...
With Baseball’s Sharpest Coronavirus Takes, Sean Doolittle Goes A Long Way
The idea that Sean Doolittle wouldn’t want to play baseball is one of the most ridiculous notions that anyone could come up with, and completely ignorant of the path the Washington Nationals reliever took in his career....