Jesus Christ. That’s not what the guy said. He said he was “astonishingly well-read,” not that it was “astonishing that he was well-read.” There is a difference. One is describing how well-read he is. The other is expressing surprise at the fact that he is well-read. It was a perfectly innocuous, complimentary comment…

Come on. It’s not because he’s a black athlete, it’s because he’s an athlete, period. What other athletes are as well read and well spoken as Kareem? As this article points out, Tom Brady is mainly a fan of Trump because they golf together. Matt Harvey has also thrown his support behind Trump’s golf courses. That’s…

That isn’t what he said. (Or at least the way I see it) “He is astonishingly well-read”, not “It is astonishing that he is well-read”

Because he’s an athlete. Why are you creating a false narrative that this insightful comment is somehow politically incorrect? Did you read his passage in the aforementioned column? It was brilliant. The question was, why do people not talk about Kareem the scholar? And your idiotic and inane response was, why is…

How many public figures from the world of sports do you know who can prompt this kind of discussion? If Curt fucking Schilling can attract attention and debate with his inane Twitter bullshit, why not Kareem?

Goddamn, why don’t people talk about Kareem Abdul Jabbar the scholar more? The man is astonishingly well-read and conversant in a ridiculous number of things, and has a number of academic publications. Why haven’t we drafted this guy as one of our leaders in public discourse, I do not know.

He’s obviously milking this for everything it’s worth. The question is how much that hurts his credibility. Everything I’ve learned about his father says he’s the kind of guy who would throw himself down a flight of stairs and sue you for his injuries. I don’t trust anything he says about this.

I have to admit I soured on the family after they met with Omar al-Bashir and then moved to Qatar.

agreed, it is also pretty odd that we are going to investigate whether this kid’s civil rights were being violated when he moved to a place that doesn’ believe in civil rights for women and gays.

Just got to say, though, that making this a big ado over civil rights - which it is - in America, and then moving to a place like Qatar (after being photographed with war criminal Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir) probably isn’t the best look. I’d have at least have passed on the latter. I get that his parents are…