By Richard Ray The press is full of s***. I am not talking about fake political news. I am talking about the hypocrisy that they protect and contribute to while trying to shape narratives that they are fully complicit in controlling. More specifically I am referring to the indignation that the pundits on ESPN, […]
A ROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
By Richard Ray Many people go hard on Saturday nights and wake up to rough Sunday mornings. However, I am not sure if there are any three people in the Twitter Universe who are having worse Sunday mornings than boxer Adrien Broner, singer Bobby Valentino and UFC fighter Daniel Cormier. They all had REALLY […]
OJ “STILL DOING TOO MUCH” SIMPSON
By Richard Ray: Orenthal James “OJ” Simpson has been granted parole from the state of Nevada after serving nearly nine years from a conviction of armed robbery. His original sentence was 9-33 years and he will have served the minimum once he is released on October 1, 2017. I have two takes from OJ’s […]
COLIN KAEPERNICK, JOHNNY MANZIEL & MICHAEL VICK
By Richard Ray: In another airing of “As The NFL Turns”, Micheal Vick was on Fox Sports 1 with Jason Whitlock, and the headlines stated, “Vick say Colin Kaepernick needs to cut his hair.” My first reaction on any show associated with a Fox network and moderated by Jason Whitlock was to wonder if […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER-COUNTDOWN TO BROKE
It was just revealed that Floyd “Money” Mayweather owes the IRS related to his taxable income for 2015. The amount he owes was not disclosed, but 2015 was the year he made approximately $220 million for his fight with Manny Pacquiao and another $32 million for fighting Andre Berto later that year. The highest taxable […]
THIS MAY BE THE DUMBEST AND WORST CASE OF SNITCHING EVER
By Richard Ray: Mohamed Bamba is 18 years old and 7 foot tall. He has a wingspan of nearly 7’9″ and a standing reach of 9’6″. Keep in mind that the basket stands at 10′ 0″. He is ranked as the third best overall prospect in the ESPN class of 2017. The recent University […]
PHIL JACKSON A LEGACY IN RUIN
By Richard Ray: Phil Jackson is a Hall of Fame Coach. He has won 11 NBA titles as a coach (6 with the Chicago Bulls, 5 with the Los Angeles Lakers) and was on the only 2 New York Knick Championship teams as a player in 1970 and 1973. His legacy had been secure […]
PREMATURE EVALUATORS
By Richard Ray: I don’t know if Pfizer has come up with a cure yet, but these premature evaluations by sports reporters needs to be stopped. I can remember when sports reporting on television consisted of a two minute segment in the 6 and 11 o’clock news. Eventually there was a highlight show that […]
JASON WHITLOCK & BOTTLED BLONDE-WILL THE MADNESS EVER END?
This just in: Jason Whitlock has signed on to be the national spokesman for the restaurant chain, Bottled Blonde. Though the national spokesman, his primary duties will be in promoting the establishment’s, based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, dress code: “Bottled Blonde will maintain a classy atmosphere and reserves the right to refuse anyone,” the notice […]
TIGER TIGER WOODS Y’ALL
There is nothing sadder than a bourgeoise self-proclaimed Cablinasian (a syllabic abbreviation he coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian and Asian), coming to the realization that when the going gets tough, he really is just Black after all to everyone else… perhaps it’s time he embraced the memo. Sure Tiger Woods is still very rich […]