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 ›
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The World’s Quickest 2017-2018 NBA Preview
I must say with the bevy of off-season news, this should make for one of the most exciting NBA seasons in recent memory. The Kyrie Irving trade. Carmelo Anthony and Paul George to OKC. Chris Paul to Houston. Jimmy Butler… Read More ›
Politics and Sports: Never an Ideal Mix
“Stick to sports!” That is the quote that has been uttered several times over from fans, pundits, and ironically politicians. That is the quote that has uttered when people, who generally agree with the premise of the first amendment, shout… Read More ›
Carmelo Is FINALLY Free!!!
I normally would have posted anything newsworthy concerning my New York Knicks, let alone a trade involving Carmelo Anthony, less than 24 hours after it happened. Given the media frenzy thanks to a sitting president threatening the NFL and its… Read More ›
Kyrie-Isaiah Thomas Trade a Win-Win
It is rare that a trade in professional sports is seen as a “win-win”. Especially if it involves a superstar player. Well in this case, the trade between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics not only involved TWO superstar players… Read More ›
Can’t Blame Kyrie
A lot of people are clowning Kyrie Irving for requesting a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers. They wonder aloud whether Kyrie is truly all about winning. After all, he's been winning often, hasn't he? He's been in the NBA Finals… Read More ›
Future Is Bright for the Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off of consecutive losing seasons for the first time in recent memory. Bad decisions by former front office boss Jim Buss and former general manager Mitch Kupchak set the Lakers back in a huge… Read More ›