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Can we please find a way to fire Dean Spanos, too?With the Chargers season officially over, the team finally removed the tumor that was its coach and general manager, firing coach Brandon Staley and GM Tom Telesco. After another dismal showing, amid a depressing season that caps a now discontinued and pitiful tenure, the Chargers’ fortunes are sure...

The best fan-hosted NBA podcastsWith trust in the mainstream media dwindling daily, it’s no wonder corporate sports journalism is also losing ground. Partisanship and traffic-driven agendas have diluted the public’s trust in NBA talking heads. As anyone with a microphone and laptop can start a podcast, a DIY community of fan-drive...

‘Malice at the Palace’ documentary is a reminder of the damage that coded language can cause“I’m never talking about this sh*t again. Can you get that on camera?”...

The Derek Chauvin verdict is what Colin Kaepernick was kneeling for

From the time Colin Kaepernick first sat, and later kneeled, during the National Anthem to when George Floyd’s murderer was found guilty on all counts, 1,698 days, 40,752 hours, and 2,445,120 minutes had passed. ...

In one Texas town, a dead Black man and a hockey team’s divisive ‘thin blue line’ jerseys

Marvin Scott III’s family wasn’t notified of his death in the Collin County Detention Agency until nearly 15 hours later, and then only by a text message from the medical examiner....

U.S. Soccer nixes ban on anthem protests, and one guy's dissent exposes the hypocrisy of the right wing

U.S. Soccer has had a rule since 2017 that players must stand for the national anthem. As of Sunday, that rule is gone, allowing American players to do the most American of things: use their freedom of speech to express themselves by taking a knee if they so choose....

SantaCon Bro Heckles Millions March: "Put Your Hands Up"

New York City played host to both SantaCon and the Millions March Saturday, and that's how you get this real-life Facebook commenter smoking a cigarette as he explains to protesters that if people simply keep their hands up and listen to cops, they won't end up like Michael Brown or Eric Garner. ...

Congress Staffers Walk Out, Perform "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Protest

Staff from both the U.S. House and Senate, along with elected officials and the Senate chaplain, walked out today to show support for those protesting the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner....

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Charles Barkley Has Nothing To Say To America

Yesterday was a very bad day, in some small part because NBA legend and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley was on television, and Charles Barkley was talking about something that was not the NBA....

by Greg Howard|

|Thu Dec 04 2014

Colbert Lampoons Reaction To The Rams' "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Intro

Stephen Colbert waded into the mess surrounding the St. Louis Rams players who came out to player introductions against the Raiders on Sunday in the "hands up, don't shoot" pose, and the subsequent demand from the St. Louis Police Officer's Association that the Rams apologize. The bit is quite fun...

by Kevin Draper|

|Wed Dec 03 2014

Rams Players Enter Field With "Hands Up, Don't Shoot"

St. Louis Rams players recognized this week's Ferguson protests with an emphatic gesture during player introductions when several members of the team's receiving corps entered the field in the "hands up, don't shoot" pose....

by Timothy Burke|

|Sun Nov 30 2014

Killer Mike's St. Louis Blues: Live From Tuesday's Run The Jewels Show

Fires, gas masks, rocks, riot gear, gunfire, smoke pouring out of the smashed windows of an Advance Auto Parts ... everyone saw last night's news, and many St. Louisans were wary of becoming part of it. But following a grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for t...

by Ben Westhoff|

|Tue Nov 25 2014

Jason Whitlock Has Written His Magnum Derpus

ESPN columnist Jason Whitlock wrote a column last night wherein he tackled Monday's Michael Brown protests outside of Busch Stadium. Protesters demanding justice for Brown's shooting death at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson were met by a crowd of Cardinals fans exulting in the dea...

by Greg Howard|

|Fri Oct 10 2014

Cop Pointing Rifle At Ferguson Protestors: "I Will Fucking Kill You" [UPDATE]

This is remarkably bad copping. ...

by Greg Howard|

|Wed Aug 20 2014

Washington Players Paid Tribute To Michael Brown

Last night, Washington's defensive backs entered the field with their hands held high, a silent but striking tribute to Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old shot to death by police in Ferguson, Mo., earlier this month....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Tue Aug 19 2014

Sports Illustrated/MMQB writer Robert Klemko was arrested in Ferguson tonight, reportedly by order of Missouri Highway Patrol captain Ron Johnson himself. Other reporters were arrested or threatened with mace or being shot....

by Timothy Burke|

|Mon Aug 18 2014

America Is Not For Black People

The United States of America is not for black people. We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us. Saturday, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., something like that happened: An unarmed 18-year-old black man was executed by police in broad dayli...

by Greg Howard|

|Thu Aug 14 2014

You're Making A Heckuva Pick, Brownie

Former FEMA head Michael Brown is picking the Colts to win the Super Bowl. That's really not like him, to abandon New Orleans like that. [Politico]...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

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