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Why would the UFL release its schedule during Super Bowl week?There’s strength in numbers, but bad planning can weaken anything. When the XFL and USFL officially announced their merger as the UFL in December, it was to expand pro football in a country that’s obsessed over the game....

Black coaches must remain a priority in XFL-USFL mergerIf you’re gonna do it, do it right. And, if the XFL and the USFL are on the verge of a merger, then the new league must continue the XFL’s trend of hiring and employing Black coaches....

Mike Vrabel has something better than the Rooney Rule: allowing Black assistants to coach preseason gamesThe 2023 NFL season is around the corner. That means that the never-ending and exhausting conversation around the lack of Black head coaches in the league will soon be a hot topic — again. And since idiotic owners would rather keep choosing the Nathaniel Hacketts of the world instead of guys like Er...

Will no NBA playoff games on Saturday help the XFL Championship Game’s ratings?

On Saturday at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC (or ESPN+) in San Antonio, Texas, the D.C. Defenders (9-1) will face the Arlington Renegades (4-6) in the XFL Championship Game at the Alamodome. But, will anybody watch?...

Every Black football coach should be rooting for Reggie Barlow in the XFL Championship Game

When Fritz Pollard became the NFL’s first Black coach in 1921 people of that time viewed it as progress. Later this month, Reggie Barlow could be the first coach, of any race, to win the XFL Championship in the league’s inaugural year in its new iteration when Barlow’s D.C Defenders take on the Arli...

Half of the coaches in the NBA are Black — The NFL doesn’t have an excuse anymore

With less than 100 days before the 2022 season kicks off and a week after the NFL hosted a “diversity summit” for Black coaches, the NBA has shown us just how useless those summits are when you operate a league where the best person is hired for the job....

The XFL having more Black coaches than the NFL is why Brian Flores is suing the league

No one knows how long this iteration of the XFL will last, but the league has already proven that NFL owners are liars....

Ex-Alabama St. Coach And Booster Get In A Fight During Deposition

Reggie Barlow was a decent NFL wide receiver for about a decade, where he played for some (somehow) good Jaguars teams and won a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers. After retiring, he quickly moved back home to Montgomery to coach his alma mater Alabama State football team. After eight relatively s...