Mike Freeman
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Jim Trotter alleges NFL racial discrimination. His claims are huge problem for the league.
Jim Trotter, a respected journalist who worked for the NFL, has sued the league for racial discrimination. His claims need to be taken seriously. → Read More
Kansas City TE Travis Kelce shows guts by doing Bud Light ad. Good for him.
Chiefs star Travis Kelce is smart and knew he'd face backlash for doing a Bud Light ad on the heels of a ridiculous controversy. But he still did it. → Read More
Suzy Kolber didn't get to play football. Instead, she became a legendary ESPN broadcaster.
Broadcaster Suzy Kolber, let go by ESPN, once wanted to play football. Instead, she became one of the best television football journalists ever. → Read More
Tommy Tuberville is no longer just a football coach. Now, he's a danger to the country.
When Tommy Tuberville was a football coach, any damage he could do was limited to a locker room. Now, he's doing real damage to the nation. → Read More
Prepare to be outraged: These NFL fan rankings are a disgrace. Even we admit it.
We rank the best and worst fan bases in the NFL. Cleveland Browns fans are the best. No one said these rankings were good. → Read More
Ron DeSantis pushes racist tropes in latest comments about basketball and baseball players
Ron DeSantis said in an interview that basketball players are "freaks of nature" and baseball players are hard workers. This wording is an old trope. → Read More
It’s Juneteenth, and Black athletes must ask: How do we stop attacks on Black power?
Black athletes have the power to fight anti-Blackness from politicians like Ron DeSantis. They need to use it even more than they already have. → Read More
'You can battle through things': First woman NFL ref chronicles challenges in new book
Shannon Eastin, the NFL's first woman game official, says in a new book she was assaulted in a hotel lobby. It happened before she joined the NFL. → Read More
Don't blame the buffoon who harassed Brittney Griner. Blame the leadership of the WNBA.
The WNBA is failing its players by not doing more to provide charter flights. This became clear after Brittney Griner was harassed at an airport. → Read More
More than a logo, more than a Pride Night, MLB falls short on showing LGBTQ+ support
Major League Baseball has sincerely tried to have thoughtful Pride Month celebrations. But the sport has also had some significant missteps. → Read More
Hate loses: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the heroes of this Dodgers story
The Dodgers originally capitulated to hate by disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Dodgers on Monday re-invited them. The Sisters won. → Read More
Dodgers fail miserably, crumble under pressure by disinviting Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The Los Angeles Dodgers made a cowardly decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night on June 16. → Read More
Jim Brown was a Hollywood legend, an activist and highly flawed. 'I do what I want to do'
You cannot discuss the life of Jim Brown without talking about all of him. He was a great player and Hollywood legend. He was also highly flawed. → Read More
NBA's solid playoff ratings shows 'go woke, go broke' talking point was always a lie
NBA playoff ratings are high, which means the league continues to shred the right-wing talking point of "go woke, go broke." → Read More
Ja Morant joins legions of Americans with a gun fetish in new video on social media
Ja Morant is wrong for brandishing a gun on social media. However, Morant is embarrassingly American in one huge way: he photographs himself with guns. → Read More
Herschel Walker was a joke of a candidate. Now he may be center of a huge scandal.
Herschel Walker was a joke of a Senate candidate. He lost to Raphael Warnock but Walker may have bigger problems now in what could be a huge scandal. → Read More
Why do we care so much about Jackson Mahomes? It goes beyond Super Bowl winning brother
After Jackson Mahomes, brother of Super Bowl winner Patrick, was arrested for aggravated sexual battery, there was glee across social media. → Read More
Colin Kaepernick continues to be proven right ... again and again and again
Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protests made him a target but not only was he right, he was prescient. Kaepernick has been repeatedly proved correct. → Read More
Hey, Carolina owner David Tepper: Don't complicate this, Steve Wilks deserves the job
Carolina Panthers coach Steve Wilks has had one of the most successful NFL interim coaching stints in decades. Wilks should be more than interim. → Read More
'Did we win?' Damar Hamlin's story has pierced our tribalism and our hardening cynicism
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made us all stop and appreciate life and love. Most of all, many Americans have rallied around this moment. → Read More