Kahlil Haywood

Can Kyrie Irving overcome his history with the Boston Celtics and its fans to win another NBA title?

What a week in sports this has been, and the week isn’t even over yet. As we await game one of the NBA finals, WNBA news has taken hold on television sports shows. The aftermath of a flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark sparked responses from Angel Reese and others about the physicality of WNBA play. Countless conversations are taking place about Clark’s treatment in the league juxtaposed with the opportunities she has garnered off the court. With the undertones of racial inequities playing the bac...

Angel Reese has already began cementing herself as a candid interview in the WNBA. It’s clear that nothing gets by her, and she doesn’t flinch to express what she believes to be true. As I’ve been chronicling over the last few months, the WNBA’s progress has been a long time in the making. It has been compounded by an exceptionally strong 2024 draft class. But make no mistake, there are plenty of people who have pushed to the league forward to get this point. That’s a sentiment that Angel Ree...

We are about six months away from the 2024 presidential election. What lies before us is a rematch for the ages between President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump. Living in the information age that we do, we consume information through more mediums than ever. Like it or not, even the entertainers on our screens can sway folks’ ideologies. It isn’t a task that anyone is asked to take on, but I do think it comes with the territory. So that brings us to athletes. They can play a huge...

Michael Jordan is a legendary sports figure. What he is most known for outside of his championship runs is his competitive nature. He has an insatiable desire to win. He has a gear that he was able to go to as a player that very few have. He is incessant in his pursuits. After his retirement in 2003, most wondered what was next. Well, his Charlotte Hornets ownership came first. But once he sold his majority shares, he recently took his talents to NASCAR. Seems random right? Maybe not so much....

It’s finally happening. It’s the perfect storm in the WNBA. It’s star power, heightened visibility and an audience that’s ready for it. Big brands are finally investing more in these women now more than ever. Most recently, we finally have Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS line becoming the official underwear of the WNBA. In what may seem like a seamless fit (pun intended), several former and current WNBA players became faces of the brand. Not to mention, WNBA finals MVP and the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wil...

It feels like forever since we’ve watched Simone Biles compete on the world’s stage. Although the Tokyo Olympics took place only three years ago, it’s truly a different world. In 2020, the Olympics were pushed back a year due to the pandemic. And because of the pandemic, fans could not attend the games in summer 2021. In that aspect, it made the Olympic games forgettable. Those games also took place in the wake of Larry Nassar finally being brought to justice for his sexual assault of the you...

To some, Dwyane Wade let the chopper fly recently on his Wine Down podcast. As we’re living during a time when the WNBA is booming with progress, there’s been much conversation about why progress has taken as long as it has. I primarily think that leagues need time to grow. I’ve said before that the NBA wasn’t always this lucrative. It took the star power initially of Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird to begin a true run of profitable years in the league. By the 1980s, the NBA was in its ...

Anthony Edwards really channels Michael Jordan in his game.

The WNBA‘s rookies are preparing for their first season in the league. With that comes a slew of new experiences off of the court that involve the press. Introductory press conferences are the norm, and we recently saw the first presser for Angel Reese, as well as Caitlin Clark and Alissa Pili. There were stark differences between Pilli’s and Clark’s presentations as opposed to Reese whose introduction was more subdued and lacked the fanfare.
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Zeb Powell talks life and career as one of the top Black snowboarders in the world.

We’ve spent a substantial amount of time this year speaking on the present and future of the WNBA. Candace Parker recently announced her retirement after 16 fantastic seasons. In more ways than one, Parker embodied what the modern-day WNBA superstar is. Great players usually have highly decorated careers, and Parker’s is no exception. I’d go as far as to say that her career might be the most decorated. It might also be one of the most unique.
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There was a lot of skepticism when Kyrie Irving was initially traded to the Dallas Mavericks from the Brooklyn Nets. Last season was marred in controversy for the all-star point guard. It all stemmed from misguided comments that Irving made about a documentary he watched titled, Hebrews To Negroes: Wake Up Black America. The piece is widely viewed as an antisemitic production. Many were offended at Irving’s support of the project, and his adamance that there was nothing wrong with supporting ...

As we get closer to the opening of the WNBA season, the hype grows by the week. Seeing Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark begin to get shots up for their respective teams has been a joy. With all the energy and intrigue surrounding the new season, news of player salaries has also been a focal. In addition, there’s been a microscope on the types of endorsements that players would be getting. They would serve inherently as a supplement to their salaries since they were significantly lower than their...

One of the most polarizing figures in American History was O.J. Simpson. He succumbed to his battle with prostate cancer on April 10. He spent the better part of the last seven years of his life as a free man. But for the majority of my lifetime before that, I knew him to be mired in controversy.
When you’re of a certain age, you have to be educated about what people did in the era before you came along. I grew up knowing that Ronald Reagan was a former president of this country. It wasn’t un...