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Sports media needs a lot more guys like Dan Le BatardLast week on his podcast, sports media personality Dan Le Batard discussed why he didn’t get the chance to interview Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. Of Hill, Le Batard said: ...

Sage Steele’s beef with ESPN is legit, but you can’t play the victim after being the villainDespite how she may identify, Sage Steele is a Black woman. That needs to be addressed because, within the sports media landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to find many, or even a few, women — especially Black ones — and Black people who’ll advocate for her. What also needs to be addressed is that Stee...

If you’re mad at Bob Huggins but shrugged at Glen Kuiper, you’re part of the problemIf West Virginia men’s head basketball coach Bob Huggins gets fired for calling Xavier fans “Catholic f**s” on a Cincinnati radio show — whose hosts encouraged and laughed at his behavior — one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport will have earned his termination. And if Oakland A’s b...

The NBA playoff ratings have been FANtastic

Well, Phil Jackson, it turns out that the NBA has not woked itself out of the American television landscape. Some news that you won’t find on the disingenuous provocateur in Nashville’s timeline is that the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs was a smash hit. ...

Sports media has to change, it just hasn’t figured that out yet

You can’t ask the media to talk about a story involving the media....

Dear Performative Cowards: An open letter to men in sports media

One of my former bosses used to kiss me. All the time. On the cheek mainly, but close enough to the mouth to make me really uncomfortable. Not that being kissed every time I saw him wasn’t bad enough. It was. He also told me when he liked something I was wearing, calling it “sexy” or “hot.”...

Kyrie Irving clarifies ‘pawn’ comment in first media appearance of the season, discusses possible Harden trade

Kyrie Irving spoke to reporters for the first time this season on Monday afternoon, clarifying his ‘pawn’ comments in the process....

No, Your iPhone Won't Autocorrect to a Racial Slur

In the past two weeks, there’s been a rash of white men blaming the slurs they let slip onto social media on typos and, by implication, autocorrect....