Three years ago I was convinced soccer would break through the American sports mainstream and its talking points argued by ESPN talking heads. Now the NBA has passed them by, at least here.

Goes to show you how effective post-9/11 nationalism has become. The flag is the anthem is The Troops to most old white folks, which is why they’re nagging everybody who isn’t in line.

Ultimately, the tearing down of DACA and DREAM represents what the white middle-American Trump base asked for: Get the illegals out. The average white middle-American Trump supporter doesn’t care about your sob-story; you’re just a nebulous brown body with high potential for rape and violence living in the (pure,…

With none of the concocted romance or self-pity.

When I think of all the institutions that seemed so pure until capitalism killed it/sucked the fun out of it, the NFL tops the list. Even if it’s for the better, fandom felt more joyful and pure as early as 15 years ago. Now, it’s a chore, not to speak of the extensive atmosphere-killing greed at the stadiums, health…

If there is a country where minority population increases but apartheid and authoritarian white nationalist-conservative patriarchal supremacy can keep them down, the U.S. has all the chips to do it.

Yep. A country that doesn’t empower soccer or its fans due to decades of promoting three other sports to the specific detriment of soccer; a promotion model for soccer which relegates it (yeah, relegates) to some soft white suburban plaything rather than a serious profession; and a lack of cultural enrichment,…

LeBron could find four other relatively athletic basketball players of any sort and still make the finals in the East

which, ironically, keeps them tethered to third in the NBA hierarchy (behind Golden State and LeBron, the surest NBA champions in history).

With the sport declining in popularity among minority groups, and sports like NBA basketball/MLS-European soccer (which are infinitely more diverse) catching on with our generation like wildfire, the Braves will probably see no loss.

I think Americans, ignorant and gullible as they come, coo toward British accents. American nerds, the folks who generate approximately 99% of the fantasy economy, coo toward British accents more because they feel out of place in life (hence, “fantasy”).

Bingo.

I don’t think it’s that set in stone.

At least one of Jerry Reinsdorf’s sports properties is rebuilding (re: tanking) correctly.

Oddly (or not oddly) enough, that’s the basis of the whole far-right “white genocide” theory the “alt-right” preaches. Don’t intermingle with them: not just because they’re “inferior” but that they’ll “eliminate the race.”

As a minority (e.g. person of color) I understand the frustration of the author about how her ethnic group is portrayed as love interests in films portraying prominent men of her ethnic group. I just want to understand this from many people of color, who bash fellow POC’s for interracial dating (it happens often with…

The NBA: dared to put a franchise in as unappealing a social location as Utah. But ya know. (I’ll leave Oklahoma alone as long as Westbrook is there.)

To sum up: one-and-done is garbage (even though I favor 18-to-D-League myself), the dress code is garbage and Stern is just talking garbage. Both are.

Gonna get killed here: I was behind Bill Maher for a minute. Dad loved him, so I did too. Thought he was more lefty-provocative than anything. He was already pushing the line...but this is a career-killer. Period. I can’t defend that. Not with that person in the White House. Never again.

I mean, y’all are still gonna follow the team. Remember: the drug is football. America loves its FOOTBAW. Call me back in the fall and see how many people actually drop the Raiders (hint: very few).