Probably the best thing I've read on Deadspin since the Lennay Kekua/Manti Te'o story. Well done Greg.

I know I'm late to the party, but I think the general point of the article is that there's irony in ESPN trying to reach a black audience by making the face of it a guy who has very little credibility with the target audience. Just from a business perspective, it has to give the higher-ups at ESPN heartburn thinking…

Newspapers writers are supposed to write at a 6th grade reading level. So he's not far behind, friend.

you know why we're still much further away from TRUE racial equality than most people think? because folks think there's a need for a "black grantland"...what the hell does that even mean?? do they think they only cover white athletes on grantland? that there needs to be an entirely separate web site for black…

If you want your kid to be a great sprinter, they don't need to move and train in Jamaica. They need to be born there.

Not so fast.

Please solemnly swear to keep this shift knob.

You know what's worse? Dodgers pitching last night.