My baby girl can't say a lot of words yet, but she definitely knows Rapinoe and right now, she is running around the living room, screaming it at the top of her lungs.

A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from my old coach and GM at Salt City. Like with last summer, they were asking if I'd be willing to work with the guards, the potential recruits, and the people they draft and want to bring on for summer league. This time however, they want me to spend more than a few weeks. Pretty much, after they get done with ( Read more... )

So this article got posted yesterday and I've been sitting with it since then. Kyle Korver is one of the best. He's smart, he's thoughtful, and yesterday, he did something that was incredibly brave considering how racist people can be ( Read more... )

Hey guys, guess what - white sports fans are racist fucks. Just like everywhere else. I'm not playing the notall hashtag game right now. You've got a bunch of white idiots drunk on power and watered down beer watching young black men entertain them. Throw in the bullshit of a white spectator crew in a place like Utah, where you know, the Mormon ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of conversation around here lately about the problem of sports and cost and injury. And so, I want to say a couple of things in relation to this link I am posting ( Read more... )

Jonah is his mother's son. He adores her, adores the music. The other day, I swore I saw him giving critique about some bass line in a song. If he can be her shadow, he wants to be there. We're starting to think that Izzy might be mine. If Jonah wants to be with the music, Izzy is more than happy to push balls around all day long.


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Look, the All Star game in the NBA is a damn joke. At least in baseball, the winning league gets home field advantage in the World Series. In the NFL, the pro bowl is ... less than a joke. But, being named an All Star is huge for a few reasons ( Read more... )

I love it when Salt City is in town. I get to spend time with Coach and the team. Yesterday, I hung with the guys at shoot around, helped the young kids with some fundamentals, and got my ass kicked in wind sprints by the guys who split their time between the development league and The Show. Old man is Old, I got reminded. (Old man also needs new ( Read more... )

See, just cause you're out of the league doesn't mean you stop chatting with friends who still play, coaches, trainers. And Salt City is currently down six players due to injury, including every single one of their point guards. Every one ( Read more... )

Gotta give Salt City some serious credit for this. Wow. It's awesome. This is the power of sportsball. Right here.

South African artist Karabo Poppy melds the power and creativity of basketball with her own roots in new downtown mural.

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The whole article is here. And let me tell you, I just ... fucking love this, man. When my kids start asking ( Read more... )