Kahlil Haywood

Last week marked a long-awaited face-off between Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. With the Jackson contract questions no longer looming, we can finally focus on football. Going into last week’s game, it seemed that the storyline was about the showdown of star quarterbacks. How would a healthy Jackson fair against Mahomes? Naturally, with the league’s premier players at the helm, it made sense from a media perspective to promote the game as such. However, to the casual, or hardcore fan, we c...

The New York Giants is my favorite NFL team. But long gone are the days of Eli Manning’s fortuitous “hail Maries.” It has been 12 years since they won a Super Bowl, and that’s maybe six years too long. Within that time, they have had to adjust to finding a new quarterback, and figuring out what a formidable offense looks like. Let’s not forget that they still have an offensive line that needs bolstering. But one bright spot for “big blue” in recent years has been star running back Saquon Bark...

September is here and WNBA coverage across sports media hasn’t waned. With good reason too, because there are several storylines this WNBA season that have kept people engaged more than they ever have. There’s a buzz that veterans are providing, as well as ladies in their prime, and of course, the rookies! We know all about the rookies and what they bring. It isn’t hyperbolic to mention that we are witnessing a generational shift in the history of the league. It’s probably akin to when the NB...

It has been a forgettable pre-season for former Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson. He hasn’t been the subject of much highlight footage since his days as a Seattle Seahawk. And his exit from the Denver Broncos was as acrimonious as it was awkward. Wilson has now fallen under the banner of an athlete whose career seemingly tanked after one faithful trade.
In March 2022, the former Seahawk was traded to the Denver Broncos with much fanfare. A year into that stint, a new head coach, Sean Payton...

Zion Williamson has been the subject of much scrutiny for the majority of his young NBA career. How talking heads have contextualized their critique of his conditioning could be considered harsh at times. And it has been documented that some of it bothered the New Orleans Pelicans’ young superstar. But beginning last season, a shift began to happen. We witnessed the healthiest season of Williamson’s career thus far. Out of an available 82-game regular season, Williamson played 70 games. It wa...

Breakdancing in the Olympics seemingly went over like a wet fart. Although there were some very talented performers, there was one that really shined the wrong light on the event. Australian break dancer “Raygun,” a PhD in cultural studies, went viral after her floor routine. It’s a routine that seemingly lacked the charm and improvisation that are pillars of the art of breakdancing. I think that there are specific reasons why this was the case. The press following this event had nothing to d...

To know me is to also know that Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have been a thorn in my side for the better part of a decade. Now, is it Curry who is the reason for my dismay? Not totally. But boy, those fast-break threes would just make me want to puke during his NBA Finals battles with LeBron James. Things changed this past Olympic season. The Paris Olympics was one of the most memorable displays of competition that we’ve ever seen. It didn’t stop with Team USA Basketball, but t...

I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that this year’s Olympic games in Paris was one of the best. Not only was the competition fierce, but the coverage was unprecedented. Thanks to NBC’s Peacock app, we could follow every sport we desired when we wanted to. With that level of accessibility, we could give attention to all the storylines throughout the games. Heading into the Olympics this year was a big story between Team USA Track & Field Star Noah Lyles and Team USA Basketball. At the 2023 W...

The Olympic games are one of the most dynamic events in our world. A collection of most of the world’s countries, uniting in competition. It’s always fascinating to watch such an array of different political beliefs performing under one law, which is the law of their respective disciplines of sport. We witness South and North Koreans interacting with one another for instance. We have footage of Jesse Owens winning at the 1936 games in Berlin with Hitler present. It truly is one of the most sc...

TNT’s Inside The NBA basketball panel show began during the 1989 season. Going into their 35th season, it’s now their last on TNT. In basketball speak, the “business” is what got in the way this time, as Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t match Amazon’s offer for the NBA license going forward. So Inside The NBA, as we know it, will wrap this season, and what a hell of a ride it has been.
With Ernie Johnson at the helm, the guys on Inside’s secret ingredient is their chemistry with one another. Hal...

Snoop Dogg has mastered the art of leveraging one’s brand. There are not many people besides Shaq who have been better at it. Back in 2021, Snoop and Kevin Hart joined forces to provide alternative commentary during the Tokyo Olympic Games. There’s no question that NBC saw Snoop’s quick wit at play and wanted to showcase it again. So, in this year’s Olympic games not only will Snoop provide commentary in Paris, he’ll be a torchbearer as well. It’s a huge honor for the Long Beach native. Snoop...

Outside of NBA free agency and men’s Team USA Basketball this summer, the story has been Bronny James. The oldest son of the face of the NBA is now in the NBA. Drafted 55th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny made his debut in Summer League earlier this month. With averages of 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds, he looks like a player drafted 55th thus far. To James’ credit though, he showed a vast improvement in his shot-making ability in the final two games that he played. He hit double figu...

If you all are familiar with my column, then you’re familiar with my musings on sports debate television.
Shannon Sharpe is someone who I have alluded to on several occasions as a prominent voice in contemporary sports culture. He truly rose to prominence during his time on Fox Sports 1 opposite his long-time co-host Skip Bayless. Bayless, a sports media legend in his own right, saw something in Sharpe that would allow for invigorating debate on his new show Undisputed. This involved Bayless ...

Amid one of the biggest WNBA seasons ever, the Paris Olympic games take place. There are four women on Team USA Basketball from the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces: A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, and Chelsea Gray. From the outside looking in, it’s quite the flex. What does it say about your squad that four players from it make up a third of the women representing the U.S.?! It means you all are unequivocally, damn good. But on the flip side, these same players have a basketball season to finis...

Now that we’re in July, the Paris Olympics are less than a month away. Although track meets happen all the time, it’s in the Olympics where the sport truly has the eyes of the world on it. This year’s qualifiers were special. For both the men’s and women’s 100m, 200m and 400m qualifiers, all who qualified were Black. A first for Team USA, it was certainly worth mentioning.
Headlined by Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson, the U.S. squad is not short on talent. But they’re also not short on pe...