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Vernon Maxwell needs to log off, Tony DeAngelo still talking
Vernon Maxwell will forever be remembered as the guy who went into the stands in Portland and punched a guy right in the face....

This was pretty close to being the least-entertaining Super Bowl ever
Alright, so the Super Bowl is done. For all the hype surrounding it, billed as a Titanic clash between Brady and Mahomes, it was a total stinker from a football fan’s standpoint. With no real rooting interest in the game, and as someone that was looking forward to potentially an all-time great battl...

What are the best performances by Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl? We rank them
There have only been seven Black quarterbacks to play in a Super Bowl. That stat could be surprising to some considering the NFL has been majority Black for decades....

Texans hire David Culley, hope he can beg Deshaun Watson to stay
Well, they know football soap operas in Texas....

Jake Paul boxing Ben Askren won’t give him the legitimacy he longs for, but it will be entertaining
Though he won’t be competing against a professional boxer, Jake Paul has booked his first bout with an actual fighter for once. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reports that Paul will main event his first card and face retired mixed martial artist and former amateur freestyle wrestler “Funky” Ben Askren. ...
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Rockets' season opener vs. Thunder postponed due to COVID concerns [Updated]
Updated on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, at 5:30 p.m: The Houston Rockets saw their season opener with the Thunder tonight postponed just hours before tip-off because of COVID contact tracing connected to rookie Kenyon Martin Jr., according to reports from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Rockets do not h...

NFL's greatest Thanksgiving Day disasterpieces
It’s that time of year again....

Dave Roberts still thinks he’s playing Strat-O-Matic
I have to credit Joe Sheehan, who has been using that metaphor for a long while now. Anyway, one of the problems with Dave Roberts as manager, at least in the playoffs, is he just assumes he’ll get production from the back of the baseball card simply because. Mostly, if not solely, this has been the...

Sergio Aguero putting arm around female ref is wrong and Premier League needs to step in
On Saturday, Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero plunged the sports-world into a debate it has proven repeatedly it’s not ready to handle. The incident took place in the first half of City’s game with Arsenal, as Aguero argued a throw-in awarded to Arsenal with lineswoman Sian Massey-Ellis....

We Rank the Best No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Quarterbacks of All Time
Quarterbacks have had a pretty significant impact on the history of the NFL. They are often the most important players on the field on any given Sunday....

Peyton Manning Creates Scholarship For Students at Six HBCUs
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning will sponsor six endowment scholarships at historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana and Tennessee through his charity foundation....

Security Calls Cops on Brandon Marshall for the Crime of Being Black in a Rich Neighborhood – His Own
When Black professional athletes say police brutality and being treated like a criminal is important to them, they truly mean it because it’s personal. ...

Luka Dončić Learns About the Playoffs the Hard Way
The NBA finally got past the opening act, and now that everybody got a beer, went to the bathroom one last time, and the house-lights have gone down, the real show has begun. The actual playoffs started yesterday, and they were a small lesson in glorious defeat. That’s kind of what the playoffs are,...

This One's Gone to the Dogs
Jeff McNeil wants his dog, Willow, on TV as much as possible, according to SNY’s Steve Gelbs, but this was a ruff way to get airtime....

NHL Announces Thoughtless Jerk Auston Matthews as Lady Byng Trophy Finalist
Hockey Guys gonna Hockey Guy....

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...

Watching Tom Brady Shank His Way Around A Golf Course Is the Charity Event We're Here For
It’s a weird Sunday when Tom Brady loses. And that happened today at The Match II....

Five Reasons To Watch — And Not Watch — 'The Match 2'
Live sports are coming back....

Ahmaud Arbery, LeBron James & Jason Whitlock: How The Fear Of Blackness Gets Weaponized
This is a column about three black athletes....

Trayvon's Murder Reignited Athlete Activism, but Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed Show Little Has Changed
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery is Travon Martin 2.0....