With the play-in tournament out the way, it’s finally time to treat ourselves to the main course instead of…
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors in a back-and-forth duel that was decided by an…
Pardon me if you’ve heard this before, but Steph Curry is really fucking good.
It’s been going on a year and a half since NBA superstar Kobe Bryant’s devastating death on Jan. 26, 2020. Over the…
Most of us only know six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin because of his exploits on the court. But if you pay a…
After bullying boxscores for the past 13 seasons, Russell Westbrook has accomplished a feat that was once thought…
At 90 years young, Willie Mays, the oldest living Hall of Famer, has lived a life that others can only dream to have…
As someone with a massive platform and the ability to inform and influence the opinions of millions, after being in…
We live in a society of celebrity worship, in which human beings are far too often reduced to what they do instead…
OK, so maybe I was wrong.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and there isn’t a bigger crown in professional sports than the one nestled…
Because we live in a white supremacist, capitalistic society in which Black people audition for their humanity on a…
LeBron James isn’t like other former mega stars who allowed their fame to keep them from talking about difficult…
I’m not particularly fond of social media. How many goddamn selfies can you narcissists take? However, I’m acutely…
On December 24, 2020, Nike (and I presume the Kobe Bryant estate, headed up by his wife Vanessa Bryant) decided to…
Prior to his tragic death in January of 2020, there were rumors that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant had every…
Sports pariah and white America’s favorite lapdog Jason Whitlock is unfortunately a Black man. As such, Whitlock has…
My dearest and most inquisitive reader, ‘tis I, Lady Welpington of The Root, back with another roundup of Black…
Kevin Durant, who was last seen getting fined $50,000 for calling some attention-starved white boy a “pale pasty cum…