In yet another example of politics making for strange bedfellows: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just wrote a piece for Cosmopolitan.com! Stranger still: the piece was about Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Tristan Thompson relationship with Khloe Kardashian. At face value, it seems like an odd choice for a man who frequently contributes to The Washington Post, had a […]
At the end of last year, President Trump was named “Most Influential Person in Sports“. After a full year of Kaepernick and Charlottesville and Trump tweeting about everything, it’s felt as though we’d reached terminal velocity. And, when this year began four months ago, it felt as though everything was set to simmer down. But, […]
Bay Area native and former NBA player Matt Barnes made headlines this week after he helped lead demonstrations following the murder of 22-year old Stephon Clark. Clark (22) was shot 8 times by Sacramento police, primarily in his back.Barnes told protesters that “It’s more than color. It comes down to wrong and right”. He also […]
Last week, Dwyane Wade stopped by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to tell the Parkland students “how inspired he was by them” [via ShareBlue]. Wade’s been campaigning against gun violence for a while now. In 2015, his cousin was shot and killed in Chicago. She hit by a stray bullet during a shootout. Since then, […]
A seven year-old accusation against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is making its way around the press again. This comes after the publication of a recent Sports Illustrated piece detailing years of poorly handled sexual harassment allegations and “toxic behavior” inside the organization. Cuban, who many viewed as a potential challenger to the Trump campaign, […]