I was a sophomore at Morgan State University in 1969 when Curt Flood wrote his historic letter to baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn announcing that he was taking on MLB’s long-standing reserve clause. Dear Mr. Kuhn: After twelve years in the Major Leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be...
Training camp will be significantly less awkward for the San Francisco 49ers this summer. There will be no Jimmy Garoppolo throwing with a coach on a far away field while the rest of the team prepares for the season. Garoppolo will be practicing a few hundred miles inland during training camp with the Las Vegas...
On the eve of free agency, Jalen Ramsey’s residency on the trade block is coming to a close. According to NFL insiders Ian Rapaport and Josina Anderson, the Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a trade package sending the All-Pro cornerback to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a third-round pick and tight end Hunter...
After Larry Vickers’ playing days for Norfolk State University ended, he joined the men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2008, aiming to position himself for a head coaching position if one became available. But his first opportunity to lead a Norfolk State team would come with the women’s program, not the men’s. When...
I know I’m one of the few sports writers leaping to my keyboard to riff on Mikaela Shiffrin breaking the all-time record for wins — earning No. 87 in Åre, Sweden, and passing Ingemar Stenmark on Saturday — but I wanted to issue this as a reminder that Olympic success is kind of bullshit. The...
The release of Jordan Peele’s Oscar-nominated film Get Out ushered in a renaissance of Black representation in horror films and TV shows. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror From Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris will quickly dispel any notion that the Black horror we’ve seen on screen...
The NBA has had African American owners among its former stars with Michael Jordan with the Charlotte Hornets, and Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade as part owners of the Atlanta Hawks and Utah Jazz, respectively, and Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal previously owning a minority share in the Los Angeles Lakers, and Sacramento Kings, respectively....
The ending of Chris Rock’s newest Netflix comedy special, Selective Outrage, has been intensely debated since it was released over the weekend. Nearly a year after The Slap at the Oscars, many tuned in to finally hear Rock’s thoughts on Will Smith. And the comedian didn’t hold back. Rock’s tirade directed toward Smith and his...
Anyone familiar with Undisputed on FS1 knows about the contentious relationship between co-hosts Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe. While shows like Undisputed are frequently blasted for being over-scripted, Sharpe and Bayless shared an unscripted moment on Thursday morning’s show. Read more…