this is actually an interesting story about national affiliation and olympic politics, but the racial overtones of the introduction are sensationalist and unnecessary — are you going to do another piece about how denis ten doesn't look kazakh?

regarding the 2010 olympics, let's not forget that his official website also listed that he'd won "platinum" instead of silver....his ability to find new ways to troll is almost as impressive as his skating.

i guess "fergie time" is yet another aspect of management where moyes has come up short.

"take me there!"

my friends and i got super into the TdF last year....i blame it on a lack of international soccer competitions to watch at odd hours of the day. this summer, it looks like i'm going to be mainlining the tour in the morning, and then the world cup in the afternoon/evening — heaven on earth!

i'm not a rihanna fan, but i would love for shakira to run away with her — literally anyone is better than a barca player. smh, shakira.

macklemore's song is more impactful for what? for american culture as a whole? possibly. but for hip-hop as a genre and the hip-hop community? definitely not. that's what i meant by "plugged in to the scene": macklemore has almost no connection with the wider hip-hop scene. "thrift store" and "same love" became huge…

in before a bunch of misguided white feminists yell at him for not respecting the agency of strippers/not dignifying sex work.

kanye was talking about gay rights almost ten years ago. jay-z made big headlines when he called gay marriage bans "discrimination" and publicly supported president obama on the issue. a$ap rocky, nicki minaj, hell, even 50 cent have all stood up for gay rights at various points.... and that's not to mention the…

i listen to a lot of international hip-hop (mostly french/francophone), so i definitely agree that it's simplistic to say that it's just an african-american genre.

right, but i think that the calculations behind the outing have to do with trying to burnish macklemore's credibility, which i consider a humble brag.

"i think you should have won best rap album instead of me," is half of a private conversation between two individuals.

the implication that macklemore is doing something unique in contemporary hip-hop by addressing larger issues is itself illustrative of how white voices end up drowning out voices of color....and it's especially ironic as a response to this text exchange, since kendrick lamar's music is deeply political and personal.

it's about macklemore's race because his music sucks. if he were a better rapper (like how amy winehouse was an amazing soul singer), there wouldn't be nearly as much pushback against him.

i love all the people in this post screaming about how AT LEAST MACKLEMORE HAS A MESSAGE and TRIES TO CHANGE THINGS WITH HIS MUSIC....it makes it 100% obvious that none of you know the first thing about kendrick lamar or what he stands for and raps about.

if he really feels like kendrick deserved to win, then he is perfectly justified in texting him an apology, especially since they seem to be on friendly terms with one another. publishing the text, however, is a dick move — it's calculated to inoculate him against all his critics who think he's a carpetbagger that…

this is the most transparent humble brag i have never seen.

these are barely even lies, though. like, the functional difference between being a "19 year-old divorced single mother" and a "19 year-old single mother who is separated from her spouse and is in the process of getting a divorce that will come into effect in two year's time" probably feels non-existent with thirty…

awww, it's so cute that these two supermodels have condescended to sit next to two guests at a sayreville bar mitzvah.

i wish american sports teams would do what association football teams do abroad: cordon off a specific section of the stadium for traveling fans, and then leave the rest for the home fans.