World

Dante Vanzeir, the New York Red Bulls player accused of using a “racist remark” during the club’s match against the San Jose Earthquakes over the weekend, will “step away” from the team indefinitely. “Dante Vanzeir addressed his teammates this morning and, to avoid further distractions, will step away from the …

Major League Soccer announced it has opened an investigation into allegations that a New York Red Bulls player said a “racist remark” during the team’s game Saturday versus the San Jose Earthquakes. The alleged incident occurred during the 54th minute of the game, with the Earthquakes’ Jeremy Ebobisse — who …

In June of 2022, someone on Twitter asked NBA star Ja Morant why he was “thuggin” on Twitter and he replied, “Cuz da money won’t ever change me. been on dat, still on dat, forever on dat, won’t ever speak on it.” To those familiar with Morant’s middle-class upbringing, the …

On Feb. 18, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will be a judge during the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. On the surface, an all-time great participating in All-Star festivities in their former team’s home city makes sense; the league is banking on most fans …

Philadelphia native and Eagles fan Bradley Cooper was all over Super Bowl LVII, apparently having the time of his life as his team battled the Kansas City Chiefs in a close game. It was only in the final seconds that his hopes of a win were dashed. As in 2018, …

We have had beer thrown at us, people walking up to us doing the chop, people yelling in our faces asking why we are here, and telling us to go home. Guess what? We are home. We, the Not in Our Honor Coalition, have been protesting Kansas City football’s appropriation …

For the first time in history, two Black quarterbacks will face off in a game which will decide the championship of a professional football league — in the U.S., that is. The outcome of Super Bowl LVII will likely be decided by those Black signal-callers: Patrick Mahomes, the newly-minted 2022 …

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre filed three separate defamation lawsuits on Thursday against national sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee as well as state auditor Shad White, ESPN reports. Favre is currently embroiled in a 2020 fraud case involving $77 million in welfare spending that was misappropriated …

The Dallas Mavericks have a problem. They have a star player in Luka Dončić, a generational talent who can handle, score, pass, boards OK, has an eerie step-back three-point shot, good size, the exact sort of dude you want on your team. Aside from Luka, they are packing a bunch …

He is one of the most unappealing men you could imagine — a cropped haircut floating atop that thin, weirdly muscular frame, punctuated by a reedy, deeply irritating voice. No one agrees with him. You do not log on to Twitter and see the phrase, “Hey, when Skip is on, …