He might be the greatest tennis player of all time, but his latest incredible Wimbledon triumph begs the question: Will Djoker ever be truly loved?

Amidst the introspection, the celebration, and the outright jubilation that followed Novak Djokovic’s fifth Wimbledon Championship, there was a moment, during the Serbian star’s post-match press conference, that was, in its way, darkly comedic.

“When the crowd is chanting ‘Roger!”, I hear ‘Novak!’” explained Djokovic, with a shrug of his shoulders, “I know. It sounds silly, but it is like that, I try to convince myself of that.”

The answer came with a knowing smirk…

The biggest star in college basketball is still no match for capitalism’s excesses.

Capitalism, if you haven’t noticed, is not having the best run these days. Heck, in the parlance of our times, you might even say that capitalism is a bit tarnished, and in need of a rebrand. After all, record numbers of young people are identifying as socialists, politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez are capturing the public imagination, everyone’s listening to Chapo Trap House, and according to New York Magazine, disavowing the unfettered power of the free market is the new black!

Oh sure, from a…

Amidst the madness of the 2018 news cycle, the Panthers Safety has kept the player protest in the NFL spotlight, without concession or compromise.

“Moving the goalposts” appears to have originally been a British construction, referring to moving the sticks that children would use to mark a goal in makeshift football matches. Of course, we Americans, as we are wont to do, eventually co-opted the expression, and made it our own, with that same phrase, at least here in the states, typically evoking the familiar yellow goalposts that sit at the back of the end-zone. …

Maryland’s far too tardy decision to release their coach proves that there are still lines that can’t be crossed, provided we back our words with action.

The news came as a surprise.

Come to think of it, it’s hard to imagine a better summation of where we are as a society in 2018, really, than the fact that when the University of Maryland announced they were parting ways with DJ Durkin, a man whose 10–15 record as Terrapins Head Coach was thoroughly uninspiring, a man who according to a report delivered to the Board of Regents, oversaw “a culture where…

With just two weeks to go until “Crown Jewel”, the apparent murder of Jamal Khashoggi is exposing the limits of WWE’s wholesome marketing sheen.

There was a time, not all that long ago, when World Wrestling Entertainment lived for controversy. Just ask D-Generation X.

DX, for those who did not grow up in the truly surreal world of professional wrestling kayfabe, was one of the most infamous products of WWE’s “Attitude Era”, a period of time in the late 1990s when the company, in a pitched battle with World Championship Wrestling for ratings supremacy, took their program in a decidedly…

Wednesday’s rule change says plenty about who the NFL is actually willing to listen to.

All Colin Kaepernick wanted was a conversation.

He didn’t even begin the conversation, if we’re being truly literal about things. It’s worth remembering, now, almost two years after the protest began, that the then 49ers quarterback quietly remained seated during the national anthem for the first three preseason games, breaking no rules, seeking no attention, until eventually Steve Wyche of NFL Media sought out Kaepernick’s first quotes on the matter. …

As the NFL season draws to a close, the shameful exclusion of Colin Kaepernick must not be allowed to fade from view.

Back in August of last year, just a couple of weeks before the start of the NFL season, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan was asked, like so many others, both before and after, if he’d be open to the signing of free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. But unlike many others who’d been asked the question, who’d hesitated, or equivocated, or indicated that they’d have to take the temperature of their fan base, Khan offered a rather definitive answer.

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The Big Baller isn’t afraid to take sides, so why are we?

Consider, for a moment, the following video. (But maybe turn the sound down if you’re at work.)

Crude? Undoubtedly. Ridiculous? Absolutely. But I would also argue that the clip, which has been making the rounds over the past few days, is perhaps the perfect distillation of the LaVar Ball experience. Here is Mr. Big Baller Brand himself, the ultimate attention hound, posing for a quick shot with what he probably assumed was a fan. Instead, as it turned out, this particular young man was not an admirer…