It has to suck to be a fan of the Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team. It sucks even harder to be one of the player – even harder for its head coach Tony Bennett. After all, the Cavaliers became the… Read More ›
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Moral of the FBI Probe: It’s Time to Pay the Players
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 ›
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 ›
2016-2017 College Basketball Season Preview
If the fall season was not awesome enough with the NFL, college football humming along AND the NBA season just kicking off, God blessed us with the return of college basketball. Won’t He do it! I said, WON’T HE DO… Read More ›