Sports
Sports
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Soccer May Be the World's Most Popular Sport and the U.S. Is Catching Up, But We Have a Lot More Work to Do
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend an event in Washington, D.C., called Soul Food Sessions. It was an eight-course dinner curated by black chefs that included passed appetizers, a fowl dish and dessert. It was a family-style dinner setting, so you were encouraged to sit amongst folks you didn’t know and make friends.…
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Dak Prescott Is Every Black Man in Corporate America
Dak Prescott is a black man. He’s also a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports. The Dallas Cowboys is owned by Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is a white man. He’s also Dak Prescott’s boss. Jones is a Trump-supporting, good ole boy from Arkansas who’s not a…
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LeBron James is Having 1st-Day-of-School Jitters With the Opening of His New 'I Promise' Elementary School
No matter what you may think of LeBron James’ inability to stay with one team and how that might affect his GOAT status versus Michael Jordan, you can’t deny his philanthropic efforts outside of basketball. James has never been shy about speaking on political issues. He’s been vocal in his support for the Movement for…
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Dwyane Wade Offered $25 Million To Play For China, Miami Heat Offers $5.3 Million
Basketball is a universal sport and players like Dwyane Wade, have offers everywhere around the world, including China. Dwyane Wade, now a free agent, has been offered a three-year, $25 million contract to play for the Zhejiang Golden Bull, according to ESPN. If he accepts the offer, he’ll be the highest paid player in China,…
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It Must Suck to Be a Dallas Cowboys Fan Right About Now
When I moved to D.C. in 2001, I decided to adopt the Washington RacistNames (real name Redskins, or Skins for short) as my NFL team and follow them exclusively. This was a fairly easy decision because short of the Oakland Raiders and mostly because of Bo Jackson, I never had a “team” per se. I…
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Jerry Jones Says Players on ‘America’s Team’ Required to Stand for National Anthem
Although there are currently negotiations between the NFL’s owners and its player’s union over the owner’s disastrous policy on players sitting or kneeling during the national anthem, one master team owner is doing his own thing, proving that this entire thing is going to pot. Billionaire Jerry Jones, who has owned the Dallas Cowboys franchise…
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Nothing to See Here, Just the World's Greatest Athlete, Serena Williams, Getting 'Randomly' Drug Tested Again
We all know Queen Serena is the greatest of all time. After almost dying while giving birth to her daughter Alexis Olympia a mere 10 months ago, the tennis superstar has started to dip her toes into the waters of competition again. And although her return to the court has not produced any major wins…
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Cowboys Defensive End Tyrone Crawford Isn't Happy With His 'Humpty-Dumpty' Body in Madden 19
It isn’t unusual for real-life, professional athletes to have an issue with their virtual images on games like NBA Live and Madden. But Dallas Cowboys defensive end Tyrone Crawford doesn’t care how fast his in-game player is, he’s pissed that EA Sports did him dirty when capturing his physique in Madden 19. Crawford took a…
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NFL Takes Page Out of Trump's Russia Playbook, Moonwalks Back on National Anthem Policy
Despite the fact that some 70 percent of its players are African American, the National Football League is a conglomerate owned by white men that markets itself to white men. So it was no surprise when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and plantation league owners ran out of the tunnel all hyped up to appease their…
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Free Agent Cornerback Adam 'Pacman' Jones Trolls Airport Attacker
Free agent Adam “Pacman” Jones, who was in a wild airport fight with a worker who was handling business until a phantom punch laid him out, would make rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine proud with his high-level trolling. On Tuesday, Frank Ragin, the man who allegedly started a fight with an NFL cornerback (because that’s smart), appeared…