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TV
Who Is Colin Kaepernick’s New TV Show Actually For?
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Israel Daramola
November 9, 2021
MLB
Rob Manfred Reaches A New Low
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Ray Ratto
October 27, 2021
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NFL
Jon Gruden Can’t Explain Why He Sent A Racist Email About DeMaurice Smith
187
Comments
Tom Ley
October 8, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Jack Morris Will Have To Practice His Weird Racist Accents Elsewhere
169
Comments
Tom Ley
August 18, 2021
Media Meltdowns
What Is Going On In The Baseball Men’s Brains?
253
Comments
Tom Ley
August 18, 2021
Soccer
Juventus Women’s Club Is Sorry If This Tweet Has Been Interpreted As Razzismo
95
Comments
Giri Nathan
August 6, 2021
Olympics
German Cycling Coach Ousted From Olympics After Calling African Cyclists “Camel Drivers”
86
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 29, 2021
NBA
Steve Novak Got Very Pissy About A Local Library Sign That Acknowledged Racism Exists
133
Comments
Patrick Redford
July 27, 2021
NBA
Danny Ainge Puts A Foot In His Big Fat Mouth
114
Comments
Chris Thompson
May 28, 2021
Soccer
Arsenal Protests Racism With A Pregame Knee And An In-Game Beatdown
42
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 16, 2021
Soccer
Gareth Bale May Or May Not Have Meant To Elbow This Racist Prick Right In The Face
79
Comments
Tom Ley
March 31, 2021
Life's Rich Pageant
High School Sport Announcer Clarifies That His Vile Racist Outburst Was Simply The Result Of Spiking Blood Sugar
217
Comments
Tom Ley
March 14, 2021
College Football
University Of Texas Donors Send Awful Emails In Defense Of Racist Song
262
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
March 1, 2021
MLB
Henry Aaron Did It All, All The Time
150
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 22, 2021
Defector Up All Night
College Football Coach Reaches New Frontier Of Racist Tweeting
106
Comments
Tom Ley
January 7, 2021
MLB
The Cleveland Baseball Team Is Already Making A Big Mess Of Their Own Name Change
147
Comments
Chris Thompson
December 14, 2020
Soccer
Basaksehir And PSG Players Who Walked Off The Pitch Are Heroes, Even If There Is No Villain
164
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 9, 2020
NBA
Former Kings Announcer Grant Napear Attempts A Comeback, But Shows He’s Learned Nothing
64
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 7, 2020
Defector At The Movies
‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Brought An Independent Spirit To Black Cinema That’s Become All Too Rare
15
Comments
Billy Haisley
October 2, 2020
Soccer
Landon Donovan’s USL Team Leaves Field After Gay Player Allegedly Gets Called “Batty Boy,” One Week After Another Player Got Called The N-Word
84
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Lauren Theisen
October 1, 2020
Ligue 1
Neymar Claims Opponent Called Him “Monkey Motherfucker” During Fracas That Produced 5 Red Cards
25
Comments
Tom Ley
September 14, 2020
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