Even when a prominent black Christian tried to make an unassailable point about values, freedom and the irrelevance of what we call “race,” his mere mention of skin color called forth self-righteous condemnations better directed toward actual race-mongers. Tuesday on X, veteran sports journalist and outspoken Christian Jason Whitlock, host of the “Fearless with Jason […]
Skin color, which vies with sexuality for distinction as the most tedious subject in America, has once again made headlines. Stephen Jackson, who won the 2002-03 NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs and who happens to be black, illustrated the modern mind’s toxic obsession with race when he denigrated black journalist Gayle King, co-host […]
When Iowa’s women’s basketball team tries to make it to the national championship game for the third straight year next season, one of college basketball’s top scorers will be there. No, Caitlin Clark is not coming back. Instead, Villanova guard Lucy Olsen is transferring to Iowa, according to the New York Post. “New beginnings,” she […]
If, as a male sports writer, you feel the need to compare a young female athlete to a sports car, try not to do so immediately after asking her to flash you a heart symbol. In fact, better yet, try not to make it about yourself in the first place. At a press conference on […]
Former NFL star Antonio Brown spent part of his week posting insults, racial slurs and crude remarks about former Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark – earning him an apparent block from the women’s basketball sensation on social media. The wideout-turned-troll shared a screenshot on the social media platform X that seemed to show Clark had […]
Caitlin Clark and her fans got to experience some poetic justice Monday when the University of Iowa basketball phenom shattered WNBA star Diana Taurasi’s draft viewership total. Taurasi appears to not be a Clark fan. USA Today reported that viewership for 2024 WNBA draft averaged 2.45 million and peaked at over 3 million. The previous […]
Caitlin Clark has yet to suit up for a single WNBA game, but she is already the league’s brightest star, according to one ESPN host. Tony Kornheiser of “Pardon the Interruption” argued on Tuesday’s show that the WNBA must strike while the iron is hot and prominently feature Clark — the Iowa point guard-turned-international star […]
Basketball legend Lynette Woodard is walking back negative comments she made about basketball phenom Caitlin Clark. According to Fox News, Woodard changed her tune on Clark becoming the NCAA women’s all-time leading scorer, a record previously held by Woodard. Woodard previously said that she did not believe that Clark had actually broke her record during […]
The Caitlin Clark effect set viewership records for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, as games in which she played set three viewership records in one week, with each game setting a new high. It began when Clark and her Iowa Hawkeyes knocked out LSU on April 1 in the Elite Eight, drawing what was then […]
Moments of intense disappointment often require leaders to address the past, present and future all at once. While posterity might not see it immortalized in granite, Iowa Hawkeyes head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder’s post-game address to her team in their locker room following Sunday’s 87-75 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the NCAA […]
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