Steve Nash is latest NBA All-Star baller to protest the killing of Trayvon Martin joining the leadership of Lebron, D-Wade, and The Miami Heat, and Carmelo, Amare, and the New York Knicks. For Nash, this follows a long career of activism that has included early opposition to the [...]
Knicks players wore their hoodies during Friday warm-ups and Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire pay special tribute to Trayvon Martin along with Lebron, D-Wade, and the Miami Heat. In an earlier tweet, Stoudemire said: “I got my hoodie. Stand Up!”
Lebron James tweets “WeWant Justice” along with the photo shot that will be heard ’round the world. The Miami Heat were unable to make The Million Hoodie March on Wednesday in New York City, but that didn’t stop Lebron James and Dwayne Wade from organizing and paying tribute [...]
Trayvon Martin was killed during half-time of the NBA All-Star Game in the nearby Orlando suburb of Sanford. In the tragedy of Martin’s death, there have been few reminders of the irony between the celebration inside the Orlando’s Amway arena and the more likely cold reality for too many African-American youth outside of it.
For the [...]
POPSspot welcomes first post by “The Race Doctor”.
By now, if you are a breathing human with a beating heart, no doubt you have heard about the Linsanity phenomena that has swept the nation and arguably parts of the world. If “Linsanity” does not ring a bell for you, you have another stream of income [...]
Laker owner Jerry Buss did not lead an ESPN TV special to announce The Decision to trade away 5-time champion Derek Fisher in a cost-cutting move today. Fisher and his family had absolutely no say in the move. And so far, there are no signs of Laker fans taking to the streets [...]
Update: Sign ColorofChange Petition for Department of Justice to Arrest George Zimmerman
The NBA All-Star Game has often been used by opportunistic sports writers to discuss the alleged “violence and mayhem” associated with it. This year, as Nicki Minaj took the stage during the game’s half-time show, a young teen left an Orlando [...]
Part IV on NBA & Gender Equity: Cross-post@The Layup Line
I: NBA Teams Airball; II: Jeanie Buss; III: Nancy Lieberman
Mary Jo Kane, in “Sex sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports” links the marginalization of female athletes to the hegemony [...]
Peyton Manning was officially cut from the Indianapolis Colts by owner Jim Irsay in a move that surprised no one and every NFL player and pundit seems to be saying the same exact thing: “If it can happen to Peyton, it can happen to anyone.”
Manning’s on-field accomplishment this past decade are only rivaled by Tom Brady [...]
More information on Clippers Owner Donald Sterling’s ongoing discrimination and institutional abuse of power has been released according to court documents cited by Sports By Brooks (hat tip The Sporting News). As part of its 2009 housing discrimination case against Sterling, the U.S. Department of Justice filed documents from an unrelated [...]
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