High-tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, has come clean about what has been obvious for the longest time but until now never so clearly stated. In a recent podcast, reported on by National Review, Palihapitiya said “nobody cares” about…
Before addressing how LeBron James is a purveyor of cancel culture, I feel compelled to acknowledge his basketball greatness. Yes, before it got woke, I was a big fan of the NBA. I still watch the playoffs, though that…
This year our family decided to do something a little off the beaten track for Christmas. We spent it at a casino. We picked one of the big venues on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, figuring that food, fun, and fellowship…
Of Steve Simon, president of the Women’s Tennis Association, you can say he is a sports entrepreneur who puts his money where his mouth is. He has been expressing urgent concern for the safety and well-being of Peng Shuai, the…
During the Pelicans vs. Wizards NBA game Monday night, Uyghur activists and allies raised “Free Uyghur” banners and the iconic flag of East Turkestan, the Uyghur homeland, in defiance of the NBA’s ties to China. Free Uyghur banner held up…
Not that long ago things were looking up in America. The economy — relieved of heavy taxes and regulation placed on it by eight years of Obama — was growing apace. Americans of all stations and all complexions were returning…
Thanks to left-wing, racialist politics on the court as well as the three-point shot and the desultory game that has resulted from it, I long ago abandoned the NBA. Too bad. It provided some fine sports moments in the past….
One can more easily find people making a party out of lovin’ than a Wokie in Muskogee. But the search for a proud practitioner of cancel culture from anywhere proves a task beyond the combined talents of Nancy Drew, the…
Washington I spent late Saturday afternoon in what has become for me a rite of spring. I watched the Kentucky Derby. I am no aficionado of horse racing and will not betray my ignorance of the sport’s desiderata in this…
