We had the Black national anthem, Rihanna and two Black starting quarterbacks for the first time ever. This wasn’t the Super Bowl. This was Wakanda.
Author: Mike Freeman, USA TODAY
Fathers of Super Bowl 57 quarterbacks wreck stereotype of absent Black dad | Opinion
The fathers of Super Bowl 57 quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are a huge part of their sons’ lives, thus obliterating an ugly stereotype.
Rihanna is contradicting Rihanna by performing in Super Bowl 57 halftime show | Opinion
Superstar Rihanna once declined to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show as a show of support for protesting players. That has since changed.
Remaking ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ is Hollywood’s stupidest idea yet | Opinion
The original “White Men Can’t Jump” is one of the best sports movies ever made. A remake shows that Hollywood has officially run out of ideas.
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton understands we must fight anti-Blackness | Opinion
F1 driver Lewis Hamilton spoke about the racism he faced growing up as a kid. Hamilton now uses his stardom and power fighting that same racism.
Colin Kaepernick continues to be proven right … again and again and again | Opinion
Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protests made him a target but not only was he right, he was prescient. Kaepernick has been repeatedly proved correct.
Nice job, now get out: Steve Wilks is another Black interim coach shown the door | Opinion
The Panthers bypassed interim coach Steve Wilks and instead hired Frank Reich. It’s another example of a Black interim coach getting passed over.
Ed Reed and the savior complex: HBCU football programs don’t need shaming, they need coaches | Opinion
Ed Reed won’t coach at Bethune-Cookman following a profane rant about the school and HBCUs. Reed crossed the line when he shamed the school.
Woke Wars, on ice: Ron DeSantis turns anti-Black, discriminatory agenda on the NHL | Opinion
Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is one of the leading generals in the Woke Wars. He recently battled the NHL and pushes anti-Black agendas.
Ex-NFL player Charles Johnson, whose death was ruled a suicide, deserves to be remembered| Opinion
Amid a flurry of huge sports headlines over the past 48 hours, the ruling that Charles Johnson died by suicide has gone almost unnoticed.