Author: Michael

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Cathy Engelbert failed to do the bare minimum when explicitly asked about the bigotry some WNBA players have been subjected to this season.
In what would have been a perfect opportunity to denounce the racism that some WNBA players have experienced this season, the league’s commissioner Cathy Engelbert completely missed the mark.

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Several five-star quarterbacks showed out this past weekend with highlight-reel performances.
Another week of high school football has hit the books and number of high-profile quarterbacks shined yet again last Friday night, starting off their senior years strong.
We’ve already pointed out how the top duo in the country, Duncanville’s five-star quarterback Keelon Russell and five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore shined in a massive win for the Texas powerhouse.

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Charles Barkley called out the media on Tuesday for turning Tyreek Hill’s detainment into a story about race.
“I hate that we’re gonna throw it in the media because you know the guys are gonna quickly go to race and it bothers me,” Barkley said during an appearance on Fox Sports 910 radio in Phoenix. “We got so many fools in the media who love to play the race card. I said, ‘Wait a minute, they just did the same thing to Scottie Scheffler.’”
Indeed.

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Do we really need games to stop more often to watch referees huddle around a monitor?
On Monday, the NBA announced an expansion to its instant replay review system to allow for officials to call fouls that “should” have been called while reviewing out-of-bounds calls. Under this new system, referees will be allowed to retroactively hand out fouls when reviewing slow-motion replays, even if they weren’t called on the floor.
This is a disaster.

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The NHL has a bunch of players in Las Vegas this week for the NHL Players Media Tour, and while some of the biggest names in the league are in Sin City helping to cook up some content for the upcoming season, some fun details are trickling out.
Well, mostly fun, and one that’s pretty troubling…
ESPN’s John Buccigross was in town for the occasion and tweeted a few highlights from what he had heard from players so far at this year’s media tour.

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