Jemele Hill, Tim Tebow, and Church: Apocalypse Anyone?

James Dobson, speaking during a "Yes on 8" prayer event held in San Diego in 2008. The ballot initiative banned same-sex marriage in California. For various reasons I generally steer clear of ESPN.com. However, I was sent an e-mail asking me to read Jemele Hill’s latest column. Her subject? Tim Tebow. The headline? “Laud the Courage in Tim Tebow’s Stand,” with [read more...]

New York Jets Advance Over Weak Cincinnati Bengals Passing Attack; Dallas Blitzes Philly, 34-14

Chad Ochocinco looks somber as time runs out on Cincinnati's season. The New York Jets played the most predictable game in playoff history —- and won. Other than the long dropped pass by Braylon Edwards, the Jets ran exactly three pass patterns. Mark Sanchez took three-step drops and ran bootlegs to pass. Shonn Greene ran to the left every rush until [read more...]

Myron Rolle – Postmodern Conscious Black Man?

Myron Rolle. Myron Rolle, former Florida State cornerback passed up a potential first round draft position in the NFL to accept a Rhodes Scholarship. He acts beyond 500-year old racist, racial stereotypes that have persisted into the 21st century. Is Rolle is quite literally one version of the postmodern “conscious” Black man? Or is he only an intelligent Black man? As he [read more...]

ALCS, Yankees-Angels: C.C. Gets Grilled; What Exactly Happened with the Umpiring?

There is much to discuss about last night’s the ALCS playoff game between the California, Los Angeles, Orange County – whatever the hell they are – Angels and the New York Yankees. I wanted to do it quickly, unlike ALCS umpire Tim McClelland’s attempted explanation of how he blew calls that helped the Yankees blow Angels, but ESPN radio-television personality (and, [read more...]

The Perception of Black Athletes in Sports Media: How Much More “Blount” Can ESPN Be?

Ahhhh, the editor’s note on Ivan Maisel’s article about Oregon Ducks head coach, Chip Kelly, speaks volumes as to ESPN’s worldview: Editor’s note: Ivan Maisel was embedded with Oregon coach Chip Kelly for the Ducks’ entire time in Boise. This is not war we’re talking about here. But I’m sure the “editor” thought it was cute, if not cheeky, to use the term [read more...]

Happy 30th ESPN: The WWL Lionizes Black Athletes (just not in the way the headline suggests)

Well people, after 30 years of ESPN we all should see it pretty plainly now. Thirty years ago Bill Rasmussen had an idea that one day his television network would be the sports fan’s first and final destination for sports; that his network would be the first and last word in sports. Look at it today. It is the television network for [read more...]

ESPN and the Fight to Demean All Black People

It’s Michael Vick night and the country is going mad - especially the White ESPN-oriented segment. Wednesday on Philadelphia’s - and ESPN’s - 950-AM sports talk radio, show host Mike Missanelli interviewed J. Whyatt Mondesire, head of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania chapter of the NAACP. Mondesire, along with the Black Clergy of Philadelphia have planned a counter-demonstration to animal rights groups that [read more...]

*Breaking* Update: More from the Burress E:60 Interview (Club Allowed Burress to Enter with Gun)

UPDATE: More Burress interview excerpts: PB: It wasn’t like I was trying to hide it [the gun]. They know I have it. They pat me down and say, “Okay.” They let me in. With it. So that just …. (shrug of shoulders) JS: Security at the Latin Quarter patted you down, felt the gun, you produced it and they said, “Go right in?” PB: [read more...]

Michael Vick and the Effects of the Game “Those People” Run

Michael Vick stands before the press. On August 7, Michael Vick was videotaped for 23 seconds in a parking lot in Bristow, Virginia hanging with rapper, Young Jeezy. As soon as you could say “Uh oh”, Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports popped up  a link to the video on his Twitter page.  And as soon as you could say, “The Blond Ghost” Mike [read more...]

White Athletes, White Athletes, White Athletes ——- Yeah!

On Valentine’s Day the news hit: Olympic Champ Michael Phelps Gets Busted with Bong. Phelps was at a University of South Carolina party  and was getting wasted. Someone caught him on their camera phone and, blink! Photos of the world record-holding swimmer were all over everywhere from the Internet to CNN and  MSNBC. Sponsors talked like they were going to [read more...]

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