For those of you who are a longtime followers of this blog (thank you, by the way), y’all would know that I have LONG been an opponent for student-athletes getting paid. In fact, I’ve argued against that idea for a… Read More ›
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Time to Get Serious About Sexual Assaults on College Campuses
This is a scary world we’re living in. A world where sexual assaults and abuse take place, often long before the offenders are punished. A world where a great number of those assaults and abuse occur on college campuses. A… Read More ›
LaVar Ball: the Black Marv Marinovich
We black people have been feeling ourselves all day today. After all, we helped get Doug Jones elected as US Senator from Alabama – ALABAMA!!! Folks like my fraternity brother Roland Martin, Joy Reid, Van Jones and others have been… Read More ›
The World’s Quickest (and Most Insightful) 2017-2018 College Basketball Preview
And just like that, the 2017-2018 college basketball season is upon us – as in TODAY. In keeping with my love of brevity, this preview cuts to the chase. Instead of listing the teams in order of finish by conference,… Read More ›
Rick Pitino Ran Out of Lives
I gotta give it to Rick Pitino. No matter how deep the scandal, he was sure to come away from it scot-free — or at least just a little dirty. Remember in 2010 when he had to testify in a… Read More ›
ACC Network Moving Along
This is going to be a nice, quick shout-out to all the Atlantic Coast Conference haters out there, especially that “dude from West Virginia”. Remember all those folks who predicted doom and gloom for the upcoming ACC Network, particularly… Read More ›
No, the ACC is NOT Overrated
A lot of college basketball fans are VERY emotional right now, and for good reason. The NCAA Tournament had produced a plethora of surprises in the “Round of 32” – oh what the hell, the SECOND round (I will NEVER… Read More ›
