Tag: Athlete Activism

By: Zachary Draves Danny Reyes was born to play basketball.  Since he came into the world in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and came of age in Staten Island and Spanish Harlem, ...

By: Zachary Draves Throughout her Olympic journey this past year, Gwen Berry had to bear the brunt of vicious attacks from the cream of the crop of the American insurrection.  ...

By: Zachary Draves Sorry, Laura Ingraham. Sorry, Megyn Kelly. Sorry Insurrectionist enabling political hacks. Your goal of athletes being kowtowed into submission is not gonna happen.  Not only has that ...

By: Zachary Draves A new organization that is connecting pro athletes with grassroots organizers on social justice issues is proving once again that athletes are no longer going to "stick ...

By: Zach Draves Once again a certain segment of the American electorate has made LeBron James their new boogeyman.  Just as they did with Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and John ...

By: Zach Draves It is not just a select few in high political office that are absent from reality (i.e. the insurrectionist caucus) it is also the International Olympic Committee.  ...

By: Zach Draves A jury provided accountability, but athlete activism for black lives is not going anywhere.  Even though the group of 12 rightfully convicted Derek Chavun for the murder ...

By: Zach Draves Apparently COVID, economic hardship, and white supremacy aren’t major concerns for a certain segment of the American population.  It seems as though what keeps them up at ...

By: Zach Draves James Baldwin once described how much he loved America. So much so that he could critique her perpetually.  In other words, the most American action one can ...

Girls talkin' got ya all caught out there Why you thinkin' that it's all about ya Forget she told me everything about ya But the girls are talkin' (Girl Talk, ...