We seriously need an explanation how two NBA franchises have managed to get tested for the coronavirus within hours the same week the CDC admits only completing 77 tests thus far
Raptors players, coaches and staffers who were in Utah on Monday night have been tested for coronavirus, per team. All have been advised to self isolate for 14 days.
If my life coach publicly belittled victims of sexual assault and then tried to physically intimidate someone who said she was a sexual assault survivor, well, I’d be wondering what kind of life he’s trying to coach me into.
It’s so wild how many are comfortable saying “no one was watching the WNBA before Caitlin Clark” when Caitlin Clark herself said she grew up watching the WNBA.
You can be diabetic and racist. You can be a sex addict and be racist. You can identify as a Christian and be racist. You can have relationships with people of a different race and yes, still be racist. We have got to stop being so simple minded about this...
There is a need for Clark to be an outlier who made the WNBA “watchable” so folks can avoid doing the real work of asking themselves why they didn’t watch before.
Just give the Dodgers the chip they deserve and we’ll call it good. Kershaw’s legacy took a hit. Roberts decisions questioned. Yu Darvish ran out of town. All cuz of cheaters.
BREAKING: Houston Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch have been suspended for one year after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season, sources familiar with the punishment tell ESPN.
I will say this right now...Jay Williams won a national title at Duke with a stacked squad. He could have opted to join a lesser school with inferior talent but he knew the importance of help. So let Kawhi live.
I will say this right now.... if Kawhi leaves then
@Raptors
for the
@Lakers
THAT would be the weakest move I’ve ever seen by the most dominant player in our game right now. 3 of the top 5 players in the
@NBA
on the same squad? 🤨🙄
@GetUpESPN
"What we have just witnessed is the most unprofessional act that I can ever remember seeing in professional sports ..."
—
@Espngreeny
on the Antonio Brown situation
I will never understand people who see tragedies like the murder of Breonna Taylor and decide to play devil’s advocate. The devil doesn’t need advocates, justice does.
Nothing says “woke” like the
@NFL
trying to ban a protest against police brutality the same week we’re expecting to see police body cam video of the NBA’s Sterling Brown reportedly being tased for no reason.
For those of you who are tired of reading about racism, I’m tired of black and brown bodies being killed by it. I’m tired of watching some white people be more upset by those who are protesting racism as opposed to the racism itself.
When I first tried to get into sports journalism, I once had an editor tell me I was talented but he “couldn’t hire a faggot to go in the locker room”. Today I cohost two shows for
@espn
. Take
#pride
in our community’s resilience 👊🏾
This is a screen grab of the LMPD incident report the night of
#BreonnaTaylor
murder. As you can see not only does it say there wasn’t forced entry, it also says Breonna was not injured. And folks wonder why there isn’t trust. This shit is so f’d up.
Thinking about how so many voices in the international sports community felt the need to say “rules are rules” with regards to Sha’Carri Richardson and marijuana or Naomi Osaka with press conferences but with Djokovic there’s suddenly a need to discuss the legitimacy of rules.
To my fellow Asian American journalists who are showing up to work today, I see you. I understand what it's like to tell these kind of stories while quietly carrying this kind of pain. This kind of fear. Your presence and your work have always been necessary--especially now.
Blaming the outcome of a football game on a single call is like blaming a cupcake for making you fat. It doesn’t help the situation but a whole lot happened before that.
“Bros” soared in ways and felt tone deaf in others. And that’s OK. History loves a trailblazer who makes it big, but starting a new trail is also success.“Bros” opened a door and stumbled in. That’s the cue to open the door wider, not close it back again.
Not many people would walk away from a three-year, $3.6-million contract...to help the country. Hell, we have professional athletes today who are hesitant to play in an empty stadium to help the country.
Breonna’s ex was arrested in March and released on bail. A plea deal in July was drafted, with possibility of no jail time, if he said Breonna was involved in drugs. He rejected it. He was arrested again a day after telling a newspaper Breonna wasn’t involved in any drug trade.
Down 3-1, Dave Roberts kept the team together. He made great moves tonight. If ya hate when he falls short, celebrate when it comes together.
#Dodgers
#WorldSeries
Black women such as Maxine Waters, Jemele Hill, and Stacey Abrams have been demonized during the Trump era for doing exactly what Nina Simone did when America’s ugliness viciously slapped her in the face — fight back by fearlessly speaking the truth.
Many white conservatives prefer Black athletes like James to just play, because they don’t want to be reminded of their Blackness. They want feel-good stories about making it out of the ghetto without talk of why there is a ghetto in the first place.
I’m born and raised in Detroit. Lived in 9 other states including Cali.
I promise you, the working class is everywhere. The struggle is everywhere. There are adults in LA juggling 3 jobs, no insurance and never been to the beach.
Stop pushing this BS about America is.
I remember being a cub reporter during Columbine. It felt as if the entire country stopped. Today I’m in a restaurant having lunch and it feels as if no one here even knows what took place in Florida today.
Corporate tax receipts under Trump fell to a 75-year low. He ballooned the deficit by $7.8 T and $3.3 T of that was before COVID hit. Trump now has been exposed as having lied about his business success— in case the 6 bankruptcies didn’t tell you.
Dwight Howard was basically out of the league but with LeBron he’s indispensable in the regular season. AD had his first career 50-win season with Bron and they didn’t even play an entire season. But by all means, define “value” however you like 🙄
#MVP
Thinking about how a year ago today my bosses at ESPN radio told us not to talk about the terrorist attack on air. I did it anyway because I knew I was leaving but more importantly: IT WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK/ ATTEMPTED COUP. Felt important to mention.
Two teams from LA entered the bubble. One had a key player break protocols for lemon pepper wings, the other had a key player skip his sister’s wedding to avoid risks. Months later, the lemon pepper team fell way short and is being broken up while the other became World Champions
Purposefully misleads the public about status and then uses words like "woke mob" "cancel culture" and "witch hunt" when he really means "being held accountable"
"I realize I'm in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now so before my final nail gets put in my cancel culture casket, I'd like to set the record straight."
— Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers decries the NFL's "witch hunt" over vaccination status
Trump said he had evidence Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. It never came. Trump said he had the largest inauguration crowd ever. We saw the contrary. He said he knew more about ISIS than the generals. Mexico would pay for the wall. That COVID was basically the flu. Now voter fraud.
Hollywood execs found value in the gone-too-soon narratives of Judy Garland and James Dean. The tale of a boy from a small South Carolina town of less than 30,000 making his way to Oxford before becoming a global superstar is also worthy of a biopic.
It’s racist. The artist knows it. The approving editors know it. The readers of the newspaper know it. Tennis fans know it. The people who make a living by being contrarians know it.
Again, the Lakers won the chip last year because the combination of Lebron and AD made it virtually impossible for teams to out-big them or out small ball them. They’re cheat codes.
President Trump has a “platinum plan” to help the Black community. President Trump also wants to stop counting votes coming from predominantly Black voting hubs. Nothing says I care about Black people like wanting to go to court to throw out Black votes.
In order not to show his disappointment to reporters asking the right questions, he must smile for all the wrong reasons. All these years later and yet —to paraphrase the great poet Paul Laurence Dunbar — many of us still must wear the mask.
When a FOX host makes fun of a soldier who was injured fighting for us, and viewers side with the host, that blue line might as well be fuchsia. Man, watching the GOP move away from “support the troops” trips me up more than Drake’s foray into house music.
Thinking about how hard it’s going to be to take people at their word about vaccinations when we have elected officials still lying about the nature of the January 6 attack— and that’s on video.
Wait a minute, Washington is 27th in the NFL in scoring and Jay Gruden doesn’t want
@Kaepernick7
because they’d have to change the offense? What offense!?!
Dear
@NFL
owners,
If you write “End Racism” on your football fields but support a president giving shout outs to white supremacy groups on national TV, you are not serious about ending racism.
Watching anti-mask protests in Arizona and can’t help but notice how outraged some men become when the government tries to tells them what to do with their bodies...
Instead of us fighting and going to court, why don’t we have Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin vote again? We can have it done within a week, and maintain our democracy.
Dear Fam and Friends,
If someone walks into my apartment and shoots me dead while I’m sitting on my couch, please do not hug my murderer. I would hate to have to haunt yo ass for the rest of your days.