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Even Though It’s Broken, 'MLS Is Back' Can Still Teach Us About Life
The “MLS Is Back” tournament certainly has already taught us much about the world — or this country specifically. How greed and corporations can run roughshod over personal concerns, how clear logic will never apply in that process, and how the working stiffs don’t get much of a say. Also that Disne...
HBCUs Need More than Makur Maker, They Need NBA Money Makers, Too
The only thing Historically Black Colleges and Universities need more than a five-star basketball recruit like Makur Maker is cash....
Who Are the Best Athletes to Come From an HBCU? We Found a Few
The decision of top college recruit Markur Maker to turn down scholarship offers from Kentucky, UCLA and Memphis to attend Howard University, in D.C., an Historically Black College and University, has put the focus on HBCUs, once home to some of the best student-athletes in the country. When souther...
5-Star Recruit Makur Maker Committing to Howard Could be Game Changer for HBCUs
Maybe Makur Maker’s decision will be the spark....
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....
OSU in Full-On CYA Mode
Ohio State doesn’t give a…...
College Football Players Are Pulling The Sport’s Racist Curtains Back For All To See
Dabo Swinney doesn’t get it. Nor does he want to....
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....
The Two Faces of Shad Khan
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, wrote an op-ed on the team’s site today urging readers not to “waste” this cultural moment to be active. He wrote about racism in America, his own lived experience as a Muslim immigrant, and his desire to “level the playing field” across the nation....
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....
“Save the Bullshit”: Roger Goodell and Jed York Insult Kaepernick with Fake Concern for George Floyd
After Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills read NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s statement yesterday on the death of George Floyd, he could only muster up three words: ...
Coaches And Leagues Expose Themselves With Hollow Words
People are so predictable. Especially the fake ones....
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....
Actress Lori Loughlin & Husband Plead Guilty to Charges They Paid $500K To Get Daughters Into USC As Bogus Rowers
Lori Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on the popular sitcom Full House, and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, pled guilty to charges they paid $500,000 to get their two daughters accepted to the University of Southern California as fake crew recruits in a college admissions scam....
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....
Several Colleges Nix Sports Programs Due To Lack Of Funding Amidst Coronavirus
No one is safe from the economic fallout from the coronavirus, not least of all the nation’s cash-strapped college sports programs....
Here's A Look At Some Of The Most Loaded Campuses In Sports History
With commencement ceremonies taking place in some form all over the country this weekend, we decided to look at some notable college campuses that had quite the array of athletes and personalities inside their athletic departments at the same time. From the hardwood to various playing fields, these ...
Coronavirus Shutdown Threatens Future of Many College Programs
There’s no denying it: College sports programs at all division levels are hemorrhaging dollars right now....
Wake Forest’s New Basketball Coach Is Already The Laughingstock Of The Game
Introductions are really important....
Does Liga MX’s Axing Of Promotion/Relegation Pave The Way To MLS-MX?
Logic would dictate that in a world crisis like the one we’re currently in, major business decisions in any industry would be put on hold. But of course, that’s ignoring the cloak of darkness that something like this can provide the powerful and rich only looking to become more so. So it went this w...