The Daily Beast Yes, this piece is a basketball entrée drizzled in a political sauce that has been simmering for quite some time. Yes, the expectations of Sportlandia, America demand that ESPN remain impenetrable to any talk of the isms which currently plague our society. No, this will not remain the status quo for the upcoming season, sorry. Despite having densely populated stations across not only America but, the world at-large, the NBA Hypetrain is headed for one explosiv

Several NBA players publicly reacted to the violence perpetrated by white nationalists during the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Three-time NBA Champion Lebron James tweeted, “it’s sad what’s going on in Charlottesville. Is this the direction our country is heading? Make America Great Again huh?! He said that.” James later followed up his first tweet by posting a second message, “our youth deserves better!! Flat out.” Days later, James called out the president for embold

Americans are sports-obsessed. The sports industry was worth $60.5 billion in 2014 and is projected to be worth $73.5 billion by 2019. We love sports. All kinds. On ice, on grass, on a diamond, and on hardwood. And we love our athletes. We hold them up as heroes, role models, spokespeople, and sometimes superhuman. People that can defy the rules of physics and do other-earthly feats. Who can forget the short-lived cult classic, ProStars (the answers is most people. The show o

*Photo via CelebrityNetWorth.com When news broke Monday afternoon that Michael Jordan, the most celebrated player in American basketball, had broken his proverbial silence to speak out on police brutality against members of the Black community fans eagerly flooded Google searches, took to social media and clamored over the piece-meal one-page letter the lone Black team owner exclusively penned in The Undefeated. Complete with a close up photograph in a thoughtful pose, MJ vag