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Beware of the racially coded language that will be used when discussing Isaiah Stewart and LeBron James

Seventeen years and two days after one of the most historic events in NBA history took place in Auburn Hills, Mich., an updated version almost occurred involving the same fanbase and team — wearing the same uniforms — on Sunday night, as we were this close from having “Malice at the Palace 2. 0" upon […]

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Emmanuel Acho’s infatuation with dissing Sha’Carri Richardson/Black women is problematic and corny

Every now and then, sports produce a lightning rod. A polarizing athlete that encompasses all of society’s triggers – race, gender, and creed. Usually, that athlete is Black, which means that invisible battle lines can be drawn down the middle – dividing us by skin color. But, every so often, that will athlete can be… […]

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Charles Barkley thinks politicians, not hateful white people, are the reason racism succeeds

Charles Barkley is trying his best to be the next Jason Whitlock — the overweight and jovial Black man with a larger-than-life personality, whom you can always count on to say something to make white Americans feel good about themselves while demonizing and belittling his own people. Read more…

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2020 Idiot of the Year: The void beckons with Novak Djokovic, Ron DeSantis, and Jason Whitlock’s stupid hat

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert team has worked tirelessly to bring you this annual list of the sports and sports-adjacent figures who most intensely made us wish we had been shaken as infants. Read more…

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If Jason Whitlock opens his Insatiable maw, the abyss stares back in the

Far like Skip Bayless, the man he was able to sit alongside earlier that became another gig at the litany he is fucked up and dropped, Jason Whitlock’s intent in press and in existence would be simply to billow contamination. It does not really matter what it is about or marooned it’s out of rational […]