Jay Connor's posts

In July, the team formerly known as the Washington Racial Slurs bid adieu to their racist-ass name after 87 years.

Jerry Jones doesn’t get it.

After giving fans a glimpse of his playmaking ability on Sunday—and I mean a glimpse considering he played all of…

In September, Michael Jordan unveiled his plans to become NASCAR’s first Black principal owner in nearly 50 years by…

After ridding themselves of Jason Garrett, hiring Mike McCarthy and gifting Dak Prescott with a shiny new toy in…

Iowa Hawkeyes football coach Kirk Ferentz isn’t the most popular guy at the moment. And if your nosey ass is…

Baseball isn’t my ministry, but you’re reading this because it’s yours.

Boyyyyyyyyyy was there some ugly football this weekend. Shall we start there? Yes. Let’s.

After years of stability, the Houston Rockets are in flux.

Despite President COVID-45's insistence that the coronavirus is “disappearing,” this pandemic is still very much…

After one of the biggest implosions in NBA history, in which the Los Angeles Temecula Clippers (the franchise has…

Pandemic or not, Taraji P. Henson continues to keep her foot on the gas.

The Denver Broncos are cursed.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley will never make an All-Star game in his life, but if we’re picking an…

There is nothing simple—or easy—about divorce.

Strip clubs have never in life been my ministry, and it’s stories like these that remind me why I choose to abstain.

As The Root’s resident sports junkie—who moonlights as its sports, culture and music writer—I can’t help but take…

This global pandemic has been a trying time for each of us, and many of us are finding significant difficulty in our…

Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, who was integral to the Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine era of the 1970s,…

This weekend was a lot, so let’s get to it.