Robert Silverman
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Kanye West Storms Out of Interview After Tim Pool Lightly Defends Jews
Ye and his entourage of far-right trolls bailed on a mostly friendly chat with Tim Pool when his antisemitic rants were given the mildest of pushback. → Read More
This Rams Legend Is Hellbent on Tackling the NFL’s Racism
The Hall of Fame running back loves football so much, he is willing to go toe-to-toe with anyone to rectify the racism and health issues the league has wrought. → Read More
How Big-Time Right-Wing Trolls Andy Ngo and Tim Pool Tied Waukesha Killings to Black Lives Matter
They raced to put up facts that supported what appears to be a false narrative about a racially motivated attack. → Read More
Star ESPN Reporter Adam Schefter Has History of Sketchy, Unethical Behavior
A scandal involving NFL insiders also ended up exposing the ultimate “insider” reporter. → Read More
When MLB Star Carlos Delgado Fought Post-9/11 Jingoism
In 2004, the Blue Jays slugger protested the War on Terror and was made into New York’s public enemy No 1. → Read More
ESPN Doesn’t Want to Talk About Conor McGregor’s Rape Case
The “worldwide leader in sports” has largely ignored that McGregor is being sued for rape in the lead-up to his lucrative UFC bout Saturday night—broadcast on ESPN+. → Read More
The Brooklyn Nets Are Betting Big on the NBA’s Three Biggest Weirdos
By teaming up James Harden, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant, the Nets have assembled three of the NBA’s most, well, eccentric and media-averse superstars. Will the gamble pay off? → Read More
How Sportswriters Capture the Action From Outside the Bubble
Journalists working from home are figuring out new ways to cover the NBA beat. → Read More
Inside OutKick, the Right-Wing Sports Site Pushing COVID Trutherism
Move over, Fox News, there’s a new bullshit-peddler in town—and it’s a sports website created by a Fox Sports personality. → Read More
How Joe Rogan Made Trans MMA Fighter Fallon Fox’s Life a Living Hell
The UFC commentator turned podcaster led a transphobic smear campaign to have Fox banned from fighting. She didn’t back down then and is still fighting the good fight. → Read More
He Was Cut From Jordan’s Bulls After Standing Up for Rodney King
Craig Hodges played with the legendary 90s Bulls—but after pressing stars like Michael Jordan to speak out about racial injustice, his promising basketball career imploded. → Read More
The NBA Might Lock Reporters Inside Its Disney ‘Bubble’ for 3.5 Months
According to an NBA beat writers association memo obtained by The Daily Beast, reporters who want to cover the resumed season would have to lock down in Orlando for months on end. → Read More
How Did the NBA Push Through 58 Coronavirus Tests When Almost No One Else Can Get Them?
Somehow, with the entire country clamoring for novel coronavirus tests, the NBA managed to arrange 58 COVID-19 tests for its elite celeb athletes in a matter of hours. → Read More
The Donald Trump of the NBA Wages War on Spike Lee, His Team’s Biggest Fan
In alienating his team’s most die-hard fan, New York Knicks owner James Dolan has finally hit rock bottom. → Read More
Barstool Goons Follow Founder’s Order to ‘Attack’ NASCAR Reporter
NASCAR is an official partner of Barstool Sports, but has remained noticeably silent as the site’s chief publicly harasses a reporter covering the racing circuit. → Read More
How Aubrey Huff Went From Two-Time World Champion to Right-Wing Troll
The ex-MLB star drew fire Tuesday for seemingly advocating the sexual assault of Iranian women. He told The Daily Beast it’s all one big “joke” that his critics just don’t get. → Read More
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving Deliver Ultimate Insult to the Sad New York Knicks
Sell the team, Dolan. → Read More
Barstool Sports Slut-Shames Mackenzie Lueck, Murdered 23-Year-Old Female College Student
The misogynistic sports website reaches a disgusting new low. → Read More
Barstool Sports Is Still Stealing Content: ‘It’s Like a Criminal Enterprise’
Another content creator was forced to file a DMCA takedown request after Barstool swiped its content. It’s the latest in a long line of complaints against the media company. → Read More
Someone Has To Clean Up After Broadway's Creative Destruction
If you are familiar with the still boyishly handsome but extremely serious actor Ethan Hawke, you know that when stage directions state that a character he’s portraying onstage wields a golf club and then is “seen smashing typewriter methodically,” Hawke will absolutely be smashing the shit out of a typewriter, on stage. And so it was that, in the Broadway production of True West, Sam Shepard’s… → Read More