Last December, Lebron James took a stand on a controversial issue involving race and the police when he wore an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt during warm-ups prior to an NBA game.This December, however, the “social conscience” movement on Twitter didn’t ask Lebron to stand. They asked him to sit.
Sports
Media Guy for the New York Football Team (Giants) Can’t Bring Himself to Say ‘Redskins’ in Congratulatory Tweet
By Dylan Gwinn | December 28, 2015 | 9:03 PM EST Just like the old saying goes: “If you can’t beat em,’ then take lame, snarky shots at them on Twitter.”
By Dylan Gwinn | December 27, 2015 | 9:50 PM EST
In a world full of hot takes, Salon writer Steve Almond went full supernova with this headline in a recent article: Odell Beckham and the NFL’s fear of gay men: “Football is the most homophobic subculture this side of the Westboro Baptist Church”
By Dylan Gwinn | December 27, 2015 | 7:53 PM EST
The producers and directors of the movie Concussion might not want to ask ESPN’s Robert Smith how many thumbs-up he wants to give their new movie. Because, based on his tweets this weekend, Smith might extend them an entirely different digit.
By Clay Waters | December 24, 2015 | 3:00 PM EST
On Christmas Eve the New York Times pushed the NBA’s new gun control campaign (that's NBA, not NRA), both on the front page and the front of the Sports section. The sports editors really performed a full-court press, taking a local angle with an over-the-top deck of headlines above an enormous picture of New York Knicks player Carmelo Anthony: “Trying to Drown Out The Din of Gunshots – No Stranger to Despair, Anthony Joins Other Stars in Speaking Up for a Cause.” As long as it’s a cause approved of by the liberal Times, anyway.
By Dylan Gwinn | December 23, 2015 | 6:26 PM EST
The left’s war against inanimate objects continues unabated. Except this time it appears as though they’ve enlisted a major sports league in the cause.
By Bruce Bookter | December 16, 2015 | 6:16 PM EST
ESPN’s Bomani Jones thinks that Donald Trump’s supporters are people who merely “revel in their whiteness.” Which should make for totes awesome television the next time Bomani interviews former Heisman winning running back Hershel Walker aka “the reveling whitey” on the air.
By Dylan Gwinn | December 16, 2015 | 4:53 PM EST
Apparently Bill Belichick is not the only member of the Patriots organization who has developed an intense dislike for the media. Which sometimes makes him given to spontaneously and abruptly ending press conferences.
By Dylan Gwinn | December 15, 2015 | 7:19 PM EST
Donald Trump is Yuuugely disappointed (I’ll show myself out) at MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for declining to reinstate Pete Rose. How do we know this? Because he tweeted about it, of course.
By Dylan Gwinn | December 15, 2015 | 6:55 PM EST
Ironic that some of the most vocal support Donald Trump would receive from the sports world, after declaring he wants to ban Muslim entry into the U.S., would come from…well…a Muslim. But Iron Mike Tyson has put the Iron in Irony by doing just that.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Says Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett Reminds Blacks of ‘Unfairness’ and ‘Disgust’
By Bruce Bookter | December 11, 2015 | 12:06 AM EST There is a new face of white privilege in America, and it’s not a millennial having brunch in a Manhattan restaurant while getting publicly ridiculed. Oh no, the new face of white privilege is Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett. Well, according to ESPN’S Stephen A. Smith anyway.
Air Force Engaging in Team Prayer Could be Exactly What ISIS Wants, Because Everything That Happens is What ISIS Wants
By Dylan Gwinn | December 10, 2015 | 11:30 PM EST The Air Force Academy has launched an investigation into breaking-up a dark and sinister practice that, if continued, could directly lead to the expansion of ISIS and the end of life as we know it.