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Maybe I should lighten up and take a joke, but I always thought this activity was an embarrassment. Particularly while blacks were dominating real fighting sports back in the dog days of boxing. It seemed quite masturbatory. "Let's pretend that WE are the tough guys." Though I have to guess...

Recently he's been contrasted with Tebow as in: "Should Tebow really make the team and the likes of Ballard be cut?"

Wilder has no shot against a legitimate elite boxer. His absence of character was immediately apparent after the knock out. The gloating and posturing over putting down a shot fighter is shameful. Once upon a time you could get away with this in America. But times have changed, this sport is...

You're an eternal optimist (which is better than the opposite). But the T-Wolves haven't proved anything yet. Let's hope they believe in themselves as much as they should. There is a huge psychological dimension to sports that is often minimized. If they can overcome the perception that...

Have to wonder too if the absence of a "Bird-esque" player inspired the trade because viewership must be down for this team. After all, I do occasionally talk to the "real (South) Bostonians". More likely: Ainge played with two of the best players of all time in Bird and McHale(and wasn't too...

I don't dislike Barkley. Though he's kind of a moron. And not quite as funny and interesting as sports producers hope and imagine him to be simply because his is slightly less filtered than other commentators. That Ernie Johnson side kick though. Wow. What an embarrassment. Though one did...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boston-celtics-kelly-olynyk-compete-nba-rookie-163700720.html This article sees him as a favorite for rookie of the year based on summer ball. Seems a tad premature. Nevertheless, it'd be nice to see some players a little more...ahem..."Bird-esque" up in my neck...

Thank you. Great analogy. And no doubt these white athletes, understandably, develop a great attachment to the blacks they play with (and rely on as teammates). Caste Football arguments would be interpreted as an implicit to explicit diminishment of the accomplishments of these, in most...

I've noticed this in New England especially, as pointed out by another poster, on the call in programs. Whites calling in seem to view it correctly as a politically correct witch hunt. This strongly illustrates one point: As pathetic as it is, most white men now put more stock in what an...

Silva's quicker. Even this clip reveals his hand speed. Sure he throws a lazy kick in there but that is part of his deception. He taunts, he appears to relax, he does all these things to draw an opponent in, in order to counter. The real key here is that MMA is a grappler's sport. The...

Yes. You could tell it was false Bravado and Silva was rightly deeply concerned after getting manhandled in the first round. Silva looked his characteristically swift self (though perhaps has lost a step). Quicker than Wideman. That type of speed, generally referred to as "athleticism" (as...

This is a very interesting move for BB. As I've mentioned before on this site (hopefully I don't sound like a broken record), I've completely lost faith in Brady to win The Big Game. At 36 he may very well be, still, the best QB in the league (certainly he's comfortably in the top 5). At...

Awesome! I don't know if this is best case scenario or "only case scenario" but pumped to have him in NE. Don, I've been having problems visiting this site. It's been very freeze-y/crash-y (while I haven't had any problems with any other site. I am on a mac). And very recently a warning...

One thing we should consider, with these three guys, all of whom are in varying degrees considered "slot guys": none of them can really be considered undersized in any legitimate sense (Edelman might be on the border). If they prosper as individuals and especially as a group, that is a good...

I just learned they picked up TJ Moe. Ebert wasn't getting on the field and for reasons (perhaps some legitimate) the viewing public wasn't entirely privy to. Certainly it would be better if they held on to him in any scenario but if they weren't going to play him it's better he clears space...

Swope will just have to prove himself in practice. If they give him half a chance, he'll be burning the numbers of those brothers in practice.

Yes. And Swope is both more accomplished AND has much more potential (unless he is buried on a bench somewhere). Let's play a thought experiment and assume all the stereotypes are true for the moment. I mean a white guy with that kind of speed and athleticism? He can run, catch AND think...

Rough weekend for the Pats. I kept fantasizing that BB would trade all that overvalued "stock" at the last moment to pick a bunch of quality white players. But alas... And Rutgers seems to be a weird, dewy-eyed nostalgic connection for him. There is no way to put a positive spin on the draft...

Margus Hunt There is speculation in NE that the Patriots may grab Margus Hunt. Combine stats: Height/Weight: 6-foot-8, 277 pounds 40 Time: 4.60 seconds Bench Press: 38 Reps Read more at...

All the runners, except Carl Lewis, it seems, are white. At least of those mentioned in the article who have publicly associated themselves with the doctor. It's NY Times. Hit piece on white athletes in an effort to discredit their achievements ala Armstrong? I mean why focus on this one...

He's a good boxer. It is interesting, though, how none of the heavy weights feel relevant save the Klitschko brothers. And now increasingly only Wladimir. That's how good they are. Love to see a guy like this fight David Haye. Haye would lose. It'd be a good fight in any case. I could...

Abrams looked terrible in the fight. Listless. Man handled. Pummeled. If he was going for a rope-a-dope strategy, it could have fooled me. He looked like a shot fighter. Heart no longer in it. Stieglitz seemed like the physically stronger fighter. I liked Abrams too back when he came to...

Man, I'd love to see Swope end up on the Patriots w Amendola lining up on the other side. They both can play long and underneath. Of course, the Pats would have to move away from their tight end set but hey, if life gives you lemons... His highlight reel says it all. The kid is an amazing...

Still talking about Tyson? I was at the gym yesterday and two whites and a black were having a conversation about Tyson. The upshot was essentially about how badass Tyson was. One of the white guys was relating a story about how some older man knocked Tyson out when he was basically a kid and...

Well that's no longer a possibility, unfortunately. To your larger point, maybe Edelman's role could expand in Welker's absence but it looks like he might be on the bubble as well. It feels like BB might be delegating more on Offense with McDaniels back in the mix. But I am with Don, I am...