Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Native Americans who call the Washington Redskin’s name and trademark “disparaging,” thus continuing the 400+ year-old American tradition of simultaneously exploiting and totally ignoring the viewpoints and rights of Native Americans. The issue central to the ruling was whether the plaintiffs were decades too late in [...]
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D.C Sports Club To Continue Using Racist Nickname and Logo, Unimpeded
Posted in Sports, tagged it's not racist because people like the Redskins, laws, Native Americans, racism, The Redskins on 11/16/2009 | Leave a Comment »
NFLer Domonique Foxworth Has Priorities In Order
Posted in Art, Sports, tagged cool news, Domonique Foxworth on 09/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
HEY READ THIS: Here is a pretty cool story on NFL defensive back Domonique Foxworth, of the Baltimore Ravens, who has created a museum of homage to the Civil Rights movement in his basement, instead of the requisite and typical NFL-player basement that consists of a 60 ft fishtank equipped with rims, leather sharks, and [...]
Barry Gambles on the B-Ball, Along With the Rest of America
Posted in Sports on 03/18/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is Our Barry, making his picks for the upcoming NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. According to right-wing radio, he has picked The University of Leon Trotsky Bolsheviks to win the 2009 title. Please Note your Editor B C will be watching these games and drinking beer tomorrow, summarily unavailable for blogging duty. [Washington Post]
30 Year-old Former NFL’er Now Out of Money, What With His Nine Children From Nine Different Mothers [UPDATE] Newborn Twins Makes It 11 Children By 10 Women
Posted in Sports on 03/13/2009 | 2 Comments »
HE ALSO HAS A PENDING DRUG CASE: Travis Henry, who played and starred for three NFL teams from 2001 to 2007, is pretty much impoverished. Probably because he burned through his millions on jewelry and cars, and conceived nine children out of wedlock (over an 11 year span). He now faces unspecified charges for a [...]
The Never-Ending Persecution of Dominican Third Basemen
Posted in Sports on 02/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
WE WILL BE RECAPPING THE ALEX RODRIGUEZ STEROID SAGA PRESS CONFERENCE: Ha ha. No we won’t. I just wanted an excuse to put this dumb picture up. [ESPN.com]
Important Stories Involving Athletic Disgrace
Posted in Sports on 02/09/2009 | Leave a Comment »
So yeah, A-Rod, right? Steroids, blah blah blah. We don’t even want to fuck him anymore. That was just for those two weeks in 2005. When he took out the blonde highlights, right? Ahh, no matter. I suppose he’ll be left to wallow in his $300M in career earnings, foraging meekly across the globe for [...]
