Stephen A. Smith gets ‘Thumbs Down’ award — then the black media turns on Jason Whitlock



Stephen A. Smith isn’t happy with the National Association of Black Journalists after the group presented him with the “Thumbs Down” award.

“The reality of the situation is that you don’t have facts. You have feelings. And this is where it gets a bit deep. What a few board members decided to do, no doubt egged on by a couple of people on the board who will remain nameless, but put their names up,” Smith said in response to the award.

“You can see the names there for yourself. Figure it out, along with some others. The reality is that it was a personal hit job. That’s what it was,” he added.

In the aftermath, Jemele Hill and Don Lemon commented on his award as well — but ended up calling out BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock instead of Smith.


“I have never once called Stephen A. a sellout. I’ve never called him that, and I’ve never called him a c**n or any of these other things because I don’t actually think he is one,” Hill told Lemon.

“I don’t do that, and I don’t want to do this black litmus test anyway. And so, I mean, there are some people who do fully deserve and they also embrace the title, Jason Whitlock, but that’s OK.”

“So obviously I was like, hold on, I embrace the title of sellout and c**n? What? You know, that’s just her taking a cheap shot,” Whitlock comments.

Dre Baldwin agrees, calling it the “high school lunchroom.”

“I get disappointed when I see black people talking like this. I'm sure maybe it happens in the Asian, Latin, and white communities as well, but I see it mostly in the black community that when there’s a person who is not going along with the group, you get the bandwagon effect,” he says.

“All of us are over here and you’re over there with the quote-unquote wrong opinion,” he adds.

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WNBA commissioner accuses reporter of sexist question — and no one is buying it



WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert managed to steal the focus away from her league on draft night.

The WNBA received premium treatment by airing on ESPN's flagship channel in prime time on Monday night, but it was actually the pre-draft press conference that has made a lasting impression with viewers online.

'As women, we get asked different questions than men do.'

With just one simple question from New York Post reporter Madeline Kenney, Engelbert went viral for her odd response.

"How much longer do you anticipate to be in this role?" Kenney asked.

Engelbert immediately attacked the premise:

"I do crack up how everybody's focused on me," the commissioner began. "And you should be focused on the hundreds of amazing women and thousands of women who run this league outside of myself ... my whole team of, you know, diverse women and men who are working hard every day to get the 30th season tipped off by May 8," she went on.

Bizarrely, Engelbert then asked if the reporter would dare question a male commissioner the same way.

"I wonder whether you would ask that of a man, by the way. But I realize, as women, we get asked different questions than men do."

"I would," the reporter quickly affirmed.

However, those siding with Engelbert were few and far between online, with fans and reporters alike pointing out how often major sports commissioners do receive questions about their tenure and even face calls for resignation.

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"Its [sic] always asked of men. Like, all the time," one fan responded on X.

"Has she not seen people calling for the heads of every commissioner of every sport?" a Brooklyn Nets fan wrote.

A New York Yankees fan replied, "There is literally nothing wrong with asking that. Give me a break."

Sports journalists did not offer much solace for the commissioner either. Even Jemele Hill, a reporter from the Athletic known for her frequent political commentary from the left, chimed in:

"If a man had her track record, absolutely" he would be asked, Hill wrote.

There was really no shortage of sports reporters who disagreed with the WNBA boss, including female reporters.

"This would be asked of a man and has," wrote Front Row Sports' Annie Costabile. "Her response was a failed attempt at diverting from the discussions about her job security."

As well, NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach noted that "male pro sports commissioners get asked questions about their future all the time." Auerbach called it a "totally valid question" that garnered a "fascinating, super-defensive response."

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Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer at ESPN, wrote on X that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman "gets asked this question so often that he's taken to preemptively answering it before it’s asked."

Less than a month ago, Bettman was asked directly whether he had plans to step down.

"Absolutely not," Bettman said, per Sports Illustrated. "You keep trying to get rid of me. No such luck."

In February, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver faced calls to be fired, while NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is routinely asked if he will step down, typically following an embarrassing incident in his league.

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Florida AG threatens legal action against NFL over controversial racial preference rule



Opponents of the controversial Rooney Rule in the National Football League got a powerful boost from the attorney general of the state of Florida.

AG James Uthmeier posted a video Wednesday explaining that the rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates for open hiring positions violates Florida laws against discrimination.

'We are putting Commissioner Roger Goodell on notice: the Rooney Rule violates Florida law, and it must stop.'

"Professional sports are a visible example of a merit-based system, but through the Rooney Rule, the NFL requires its teams to use race-based hiring practices," Uthmeier wrote on the post on social media. "We are putting Commissioner Roger Goodell on notice: the Rooney Rule violates Florida law, and it must stop."

He demanded that the NFL suspend the Rooney Rule and threatened legal action if it refused.

"Florida law is clear. Hiring decisions cannot be based on race, and the Rooney Rule mandates race-based interviews and incentivizes race-based decisions. That's discrimination," he added.

Former "SportsCenter" commentator Jemele Hill appeared to be outraged by the demand.

"So just to be clear: Florida is trying to challenge the NFL on the Rooney Rule when there are 3 Black coaches in the NFL, two Black offensive coordinators, and four Black general managers," she wrote on social media.

"This is out of 32 teams. It seems like the system has worked swimmingly well for white guys, so ... what’s the issue?" she added.

Others have spoken out against the rule, including BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

"The Rooney Rule inspired, encouraged, fosters racism. The Rooney Rule has been a mistake and needs to end. The Rooney Rule was the NFL saying, 'Yep, we'll hire any player. We'll pay any of these black players $10, $15, $20, now $50 and $60 million a year. But you know what? When it comes to the head coaching position and these executive positions, we're racist,'" Whitlock said in Aug. 2025.

"It hasn't ended racism," he added. "It hasn't ended the allegations of racism. It's actually inspired them."

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"NFL teams and their fans don't care about the race of the coaching staff. They want a merit-based system that gives their team the best chance to win," Uthmeier concluded.

In February, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles admitted that he didn't see the rationale for the rule.

"I'll be honest. I think it is a little strange," he said. "I mean, at the end of the day, you should want to develop your staff regardless of the color of their skin."

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ESPN’s Egregious, Decade-Long Track Record Of Politicization Is Ruining Sports TV

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Jemele Hill's HATRED for Caitlin Clark SILENCED following stalker arrest



Journalist Jemele Hill is one of Caitlin Clark’s biggest haters, but after recent news of Clark’s stalker’s arrest, she’s clearly begun to regret that decision and wiped all of her past comments on the WNBA star off social media.

However, the internet never forgets.

“I don’t like to play the Oppression Olympics, but … has CC had to delete her social media accounts? No, but her teammate Aliyah Boston did. CC has given out a few hard shots herself, talked trash, jawed with the refs, and yes any time she is subjected to physical play, a hard foul, or trash talk, opposing players are absolutely villainized,” Hill wrote in now-deleted post on X.

“She is not constantly subjected to racial slurs, and whatever hate she does experience, she is not told to toughen up or that her feelings don’t matter. She is not subjected to both sides-ism, nor are people trying to justify any hatred against her. That’s the difference,” Hill continued.


Hill attempted to delete the tweets after Michael Lewis, 55, was charged with stalking Clark. Prosecutors allege he engaged in a “course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of Caitlin Clark that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized.”

Lewis allegedly sent vulgar and sexually graphic messages to Clark on social media platform X.

While Jason Whitlock and Steve Kim of “Fearless” are grateful Clark’s stalker is having his day in court, they, like the internet, have not forgotten the attack tweets Hill has run on Clark.

“Jemele Hill got busted,” Whitlock says happily. “She got exposed once again.”

“Miss Hill wrote she doesn’t play in the victim Olympics; are you kidding me? She’s won more gold medals than Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps. She’s the greatest of all time at them,” Kim laughs.

“I don’t understand why people, Miss Hill, ever delete their tweets. Do they not realize, and I’ve gone through this, everyone will basically screenshot stuff that you say and just keep it in that folder. They’ll keep it in the draft forever. They have that thing holstered like Wyatt Earp,” Kim adds.

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Jemele Hill tries and fails to defend Mayor Karen Bass on wildfire catastrophe by bashing Kardashians



Former "SportsCenter" anchor Jemele Hill was mocked online after she tried to defend Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' failures by bashing the Kardashians.

Bass has been heavily criticized over the failures that led to the historically disastrous wildfire catastrophe in Southern California. Hill tried to exonerate the Democratic mayor by cherry-picking criticism from Khloé Kardashian.

'It's outrageous! They just needed to stop showering and this whole problem would have been solved!'

Kardashian joined the chorus of voices questioning whether local officials had done enough to save life and property in the historically destructive wildfires. Hill countered by pointing out that the Kardashians had been fined for overuse of water during California's drought, but many mocked and ridiculed her for the poor argument.

"My point was the hypocrisy of Khloe Kardashian calling the mayor out when during a serious drought, her family said screw everybody, we’re going to use as much water as we want. I also believe the Kardashians live in Calabasas, so her mayor isn’t even Karen Bass," she said on social media.

"If the Kardashians would just stop showering, the fire hydrants would be full, the reservoirs would have been filled, and the fires would have been put out!" replied Ryan Gorman on his radio show.

"It's outrageous! They just needed to stop showering and this whole problem would have been solved!" he added.

"Defending historic and tragic incompetence and failed leadership is simply what Leftists do. Gaslighting is the Left's grammar. Without it, they can't push their radical ideas," read one response to Hill.

"Look I don't even like the Kardashians but they don't make LA policies & budget so wtf are you even talking about what it got to do with running a state," said another critic.

Mediaite also pointed out that Hill misled her followers by falsely claiming that a fire department chief had said the opposite of what she actually said.

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Joy Reid ROASTED for finally dumping her ‘Trump haircut’



Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” made an interesting observation about Joy Reid recently, and the MSNBC anchor seems to have noticed.

Whitlock noticed that while Reid and Jemele Hill continuously criticize white women — most recently WNBA star Caitlin Clark — they seem to be trying extremely hard to look like white women.

While Hill wore long blonde braids, Reid sported a short, boyish strawberry blonde cut that has since been dubbed her “Trump haircut.”

“Here’s two black women, dressed as white women to be more marketable on TV. This is just fact. Look at the fake hair that both of these women are wearing. Are they not trying to live up to some standard? Are they not trying to appear like white women to make themselves more marketable on TV?” Whitlock said.

Following Whitlock’s criticism, Reid appears to have done something about her hair.

“Joy Reid has cut her hair,” Whitlock says, triumphant.

“She took the wig off and either cut her hair or exposed what her real hair, what little real hair she has,” he adds.

“I actually appreciate the new look,” Shemeka Michelle chimes in. “I am sick of black women walking around constantly saying white women want to be them, but they’re in white women’s hair.”

“I was tired of looking at Joy Reid and her Trump hairdo,” she adds.


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Jason Whitlock DESTROYS Joy Reid and Jemele Hill for Caitlin Clark HATE



MSNBC’s Joy Reid and fellow race-baiter Jemele Hill — whom Jason Whitlock calls "two delusional black queens" — made some recent comments about WNBA rookie sensation Caitlin Clark.

Of course, these comments were as bigoted as they consistently claim others to be.

“Somebody very smart said to me recently that the challenge with women’s basketball is that most of the great players are black, but most of the stars are white,” Reid said to Hill. “And like you said, if there were charter flights, Britney Griner would not have ended up in the gulag, right?”

Whitlock is not a fan.

Not only does he note that Reid ridiculously blamed Griner’s arrest on the WNBA not having charter flights, but that both Reid and Hill are “trying desperately to look like white women.”

“Why do I bring this up? Because when I talk about bigotry over business, the bigotry and the hostility stems from [the fact that] these women hate themselves and hate that they’re not white women,” Whitlock says. “Why else would you put on some cheap wig, some horse's hair, over the top of your head to look like a white woman?”

"They're so full of jealousy and rage towards white women. Anybody that would hop on TV day after day with these ridiculous wigs on is telling you everything you need to know about their mentality as it relates to white women," he adds.

Reid then brought up the “marketability” of Caitlin Clark.

“This is a league that is largely, as you said, black women. It’s also largely LGBTQ. She’s a white, heterosexual woman. And so, if you’re trying to get white dads to go spend their money and buy season tickets, she seems like a marketing opportunity. How much of it is that?” Reid asks Hill.

“I don’t know why people find that to be controversial,” Hill answers, noting that while Clark is talented, “it helps that she’s white, straight, and from Iowa.”

“So, when you say that Caitlin Clark’s whiteness and the fact that she’s straight plays a role, underlining a role, in her popularity, that’s not a diss to Caitlin Clark. It’s just simply America,” she adds.

Again, Whitlock finds it interesting that while discussing Clark’s marketability due to the color of her skin, both Hill and Reid have altered their appearance to seem more white. Both of them have significantly lightened their hair to appear blonde.

“Here’s two black women, dressed as white women to be more marketable on TV. This is just facts,” Whitlock comments.


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