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Japanese Baseball Is Back and You Know a Bunch of These Guys
As Major League Baseball and its players continue to collectively unholster a giant middle finger at all of us, another country has uncorked action on the diamond....
Coronavirus is Telling Sports World to Shut It Down. Update: MLB Closes Down Facilities
This story has been updated with reports on Auston Matthews and Clemson...
Josh Gibson and the Long Gone Summers That Should Have Been
The following is adapted from the podcast script for Stick to Pods Episode 11, “Josh Gibson,” which originally aired on April 12, 2018...
For Once, Don’t Dismiss Kyrie Irving, His Stance is Legit
It’s easy to want to pooh-pooh Kyrie Irving....
Jake Fromm is Aware of His Privilege and Never Cared Until He Got Caught in Racist Texts
Jake Fromm’s racist comments are the perfect example of the intentionality of white privilege....
Police Brutality Now Reigns Underneath A Brooklyn Plaque Honoring Jackie Robinson
Caddycorner from Brooklyn Borough Hall is an unremarkable white stone building, 215 Montague Street. It has had various incarnations as a bank over the last few decades: CrossLand Savings, then EAB, now TD Bank. But from 1938 until 1957, it was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ business offices....
'Daddy Changed the World' — the World Must Make the Words of George Floyd's Daughter Come True
The murder of George Floyd has prompted athletes across the world to take part in protests and create powerful moments of both pain and strength....
What Could Have Been: A Look at The Baseball Drama That We Missed Because of COVID-19 (May Edition)
Checking the standings on Memorial Day has been a tradition for generations. Being an early barometer of baseball’s playoff picture, it’s widely considered the first unofficial checkpoint of the season....
James Dolan Meets Expectations and Proves He Can't Do Anything Right
Give James Dolan this much: Sports teams aren’t qualified to speak out on what’s going on right now. Most of the team and league statements we’ve seen have been verbal diarrhea, not to mention how Dolan himself is fresh off going full Karen on Charles Oakley....
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Where Are The Voices Of Black Quarterbacks? [Updated]
Shame on Russell Wilson....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Death of Japanese Wrestler Hana Kimura Returns Attention To The Reality Of Cyberbullying
Hana Kimura, a rising phenom in Japan’s World Wonder Ring Stardom (known simply as “Stardom”) died on Saturday at the age of 22. While no official cause of death has been released at this time, it has been widely reported that she took her own life....
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....
Full House To The Big House: Don’t Feel Bad For Lori Loughlin, She Did It To Herself
Aunt Becky is in jail, and it’s all her fault....
Are We Really Still Questioning LeBron's Competitiveness? His Record Speaks For Itself
I’m tired of this outdated narrative....
Michael Jordan Got Exactly What He Wanted Out Of The Last Dance
Watching The Last Dance is like looking through a wedding album — you see staged photos and snapshots of joy without the warts....