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thedealings:

Is social consciousness lost is today’s athletes? Maybe not.

Top: The Miami Heat supporting Trayvon Martin

Bottom: Some of the nation’s top black athletes supporting Muhammad Ali in 1967.

(via ushistoryminuswhiteguys)

ilovecharts:

Lebron, Wade, Bosh as Kids

Creature doppelganger day is in full swing now.

Yeah, so, currently, the NCAA regulations for colleges using Native American sports mascots requires that the college have the permission of the tribe in question. This went into effect years ago, which is when, say, the University of Illinois had to stop using “Chief Wahoo” as its mascot. Conversely, Florida State University is still represented by the Seminoles, because they have an agreement with the Florida Seminole tribe(s).

It’s not a perfect system. A lot of the shit that goes on at FSU is still problematic (the tomahawk chop, the war chants), not to mention the issue of compensation, but I feel like the most other sports leagues in the United States could do worse than implementing it given the current situation. At the very least, we could get rid of shit like the Cleveland Indians and related super-racist mascot/logo in the MLB, the Washington Redskins in the NFL, the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL, etc, etc, etc.

(Source: johnbarthmylove, via glamaphonic)

cognitivedissonance:

The tweets of the night, courtesy of New England Patriots Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco.

If you’re Ochocinco, and you have trouble sleeping, one option is to watch The State of the Union Address and tweet. Hilarity ensues!

I might root for the Patriots just for this. Oh, and he’s right. Speaker Boehner seemed like a particularly angry tangerine tonight.

(via sashayed)

The Last Closet: When will a gay professional athlete finally come out? →

As usual, at the center of the story was TNT analyst Charles Barkley, the iconoclast chatterbox. When asked about the fines, Barkley went off. “I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play,” he told the Washington Post. “Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin’ idiot. I would even say the same thing in college. Every college player, every pro player in any sport has probably played with a gay person … I’ve been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because as a black person, I can’t be in for any form of discrimination at all.” It was a cannon shot: It was one thing for Vogue intern Sean Avery to come out in favor of gay marriage. It was quite another for Charles Barkley, an NBA icon, to do so.

[Image description: two jubilant soccer players from Japan’s Women’s World Cup celebrate a victorious match.]

sandwichocracy:

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Permalink | 5 notes | July 14, 2011 | #Sports | #tacklehug

futbolmadechic:

“Take on Adversity. Never Give in.

Pressure Makes Us.”

Can we talk about the fact that the US Women’s Soccer team’s goalie is named HOPE SOLO? HOPE. SOLO. Any of of those above facts would have made her a ridiculous badass, let alone that extra slice of hardcore cake thrown in at the end there.

Permalink | 16 notes | July 10, 2011 | #Sports | #ladies is pimps too