Way back in 2012, before he would turn out to in fact be a cornball brother, Robert Griffin III was the man. He was the number two overall pick in the NFL draft, taken by the Washington Commanders (who were then going by their racist surname) and he had a stellar rookie season. He led […]
My favorite Mike Tyson story has nothing to do with anything he did in the ring. It’s the story that Teddy Atlas talked about, when Mike Tyson was just 15-years-old and he’s outside pacing back and forth before a fight. Atlas jokes that he doesn’t want Tyson to leave Denver, where he’s supposed to be […]
By the time I entered college, I was already five years into my career. I was working at The Washington Post in the evenings and was having trouble advancing because I didn’t have a degree. It was an easy way for them to deny me a job, and not wanting to be ignored, I decided […]
Sometimes, when I have nothing else to do, I go down a rabbit hole trying to find out where Black phrases come from. The most intriguing to me is the phrase I feel like I’ve heard all my life; “One monkey don’t stop no show.” This might arguably be the Blackest saying to ever be […]
Highs And Lows: The Biggest Winners (& Losers) Of NFL Season Week 3 & The Importance Of A Good Night
We're taking a weekly look back at the NFL teams that crushed it, embarrassingly lost, and everything in between.
Way back in 2001, back when Michael Jordan was working for the Washington Wizards, the basketball team had a decision to make. The Wizards had the top pick in that year’s draft, and the top two big men, Tyson Chandler and Kwame Brown, were both high school players who declared for the NBA. So the […]
If week 1 of the NFL is a predictor of the season to come, then we are in for a hell of a ride, because this week was filled with drama, dominance, and “did the bottom just fall out of the Baltimore Ravens’ season?” There were stars that we knew were stars, like old-ass Aaron […]
