Jaylen Brown Is Not “Too Smart”
When Jaylen Brown was criticized for being smart, it revealed the anti-intellectualism and racism in sports.
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Pete Rose Should Never Make the Hall of Fame
The Cincinnati Reds honored one of baseball’s greatest players yesterday, inducting Pete Rose into their team Hall of Fame. It was a day for him to reminisce and get an ovation from the Cincinnati crowd. Let’s just hope the crowd in Cooperstown never gets the same chance.
Check Down Roundtable: Who Will Have a Better Career- Simmons or Ingram?
This year’s NBA Draft, which takes place tonight in Brooklyn, features two players that many experts believe have superstar potential: Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram. We already know the 76ers plan to take the 6’10” Simmons, but will he be a better pro than the former Duke standout? A few members of the Check Down staff share their thoughts. Mando: Brandon Ingram I think Brandon Ingram will be Durant-esque in the…
Farewell Skip Bayless: America’s Favorite Troll
Skip Bayless, America’s favorite troll, ended his long run spewing nonsense on ESPN yesterday, and whether they want to admit it or not, sports fans will miss him.
The Olympic Problem
With just 45 days until the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is not ready for prime time.
Check Down Roundtable: Predictions for Game 7
For basketball fans, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will not only look to become the first team in NBA Finals history to come back from a 3-1 hole, but they will hope to end the city of Cleveland’s decades-long title drought.
The NBA Is Not Rigged*
*But sometimes it sure feels like it is. Most conspiracy theories are not true. Most are, in fact, complete garbage. Some stick around though, gaining a kind of begrudging cultural acceptance. And make no mistake: plenty of people believe that some kind of fix is on with the NBA.