With the COVID-19 “damndemic” ravaging the world, and later worse in this country, the sports world was in a months-long standstill. The NBA suspended its season for almost four months. Same with Major League Soccer, the Premier League and other… Read More ›
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Criticism of Steve Nash Hire Is Understandable, Yet Misguided
When I first learned of Steve Nash being hired as the new HEAD COACH of the Brooklyn Nets, a wave of emotions washed over me. Shock. Befuddled. Shock again. Then I had another emotion: resentment. Resentment over the fact that… Read More ›
World’s Shortest NBA Playoff Preview: Western Conference 2nd Round
Now that both Game 7s in the Western Conference first round match-ups are FINALLY finished (you got MAD lucky, James Harden), we can now focus on the second round. The Eastern Conference be like, “it’s about damn time, dammit!” At… Read More ›
World’s Shortest NBA Playoff Preview: Eastern Conference 2nd Round
Despite a much-needed pause to address police brutality, the NBA Playoffs are back in full swing — and I am hella happy about that. Normally I would use this space to preview the second round in BOTH conferences, but due… Read More ›
NBA Resuming the Playoffs for All the Right Reasons
This has been a sad 72 hours for me. First, we had the Jacob Blake shooting by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin (he’s now paralyzed from the waist down, by the way). Next, we had a 17-year-old Trump-supporting goon come… Read More ›
The Clippers Are Downright Nasty
Man, those Clippers are straight hood, aren’t they? First, Montrez Harrell called the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar Luka Doncic a “bitch-ass white boy”. He later apologized to Doncic, and while the latter accepted the apology with an open mind, I thought… Read More ›
The Fernando Tatis, Jr. Drama Reinforces How Lame Baseball Is
My Jamaican grandfather introduced my brother and me to baseball when I was around 10 years old. Even though he and my grandmother were Mets fans, I am a lifelong fan of the New York Yankees. I like baseball. I… Read More ›