LeBron Is Wrong About Two America’s
Frustrated by the kid-glove treatment of white protestors, LeBron James opined that there are two America’s. His remarks oxygenate a myth. There is only one America. An often racist place but just one America.
Here’s Something NBA Players Can Do. Start A Super PAC
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act 2020 is languishing in Congrees. There aren’t enough congressman who care about banning chokeholds and qualified immunity. But what if the NBA changed that?
The NBA’s Colin Kapernick Wasn’t Beloved
Mahmoud Abdur-Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem. The league tried to stop him. They were complicit in ending his career
“The Deranged Idiot In the White House.” Gregg Popovich Has Something to Say
Gregg Popovich didn’t hold back when talking about Donald Trump using adjectives like idiot, destroyer and deranged.
LeBron Ruining Trump’s Money
Seven years ago, Donald Trump opened a luxurious hotel in the Soho neighborhood of New York City. From its inception the condo/hotel, which climbs 46 stories, was a troubled project. Human remains were found at the site and historians pointed out the site was where an abolitionist church, Spring Street Presbyterian Church, held services in…
No (Adam) Silver Lining
Temporarily buried is the narrative of Adam Silver, the moral one. On the side of the disenfranchised, Silver, the NBA Commissioner, once took on the powerful and hitched his commissioner-ship to issues of justice. But his image as a man of conscience has been grounded to a swift half with his decision, affirmed by the…
Under Armour puts Steph on the Hot Seat: Yes on Trump or No?
Several corporate heads are in the Donald Trump camp because he is going to make them even richer with the tax breaks he is going to toss their way. At least that is what they say publicly. Privately, they may even like and agree with Trump’s policies. But they have to walk a very thin…
Luol Deng, Thon Maker Caught Up In Trump Immigration Order
Luol Deng was born in Wau, Sudan which is now the South Sudan. He has been in the United States since he was 14 and attended high school in New Jersey (Blair Academy). He was a lottery pick who has played for four NBA teams: Bulls, Cavaliers, Heat and Lakers. Deng moved with his family…
It’s Only Been One Day but Pop Has Had Enough of President Trump
The day after President-elect Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President Donald Trump, marches around the country and the world in protest of the 45th United States President jammed city streets from Paris to London to Park City, Utah, St. Louis, Boston, New York and Washington D.C where the idea of a woman’s march…
Poverty, Presidential Politics and LeBron James
Maturation looks good on him but don’t be fooled. The rest is still there. The championship glory. The championship failure. The two cities. The best friend teammates. The villain. The hero. All of it wrapped in a bow, part of the LeBron James story of an Akron kid who never knew his father, raised in…