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7 May 2021 This week on ESPN’s “First Take,” co-host Max Kellerman said Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is on the “decline.” According to Kellerman, the 36-year-old who has been battling injury is no longer the “best player in the world” and will likely never be again. “Are we seeing the decline of LeBron James?” moderator Molly Qerim Rose asked. “Yes, we are,” Kellerman replied, noting James himself has recently warned of his own decline. “Am I the only person who ...

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images In today’s links, you’ll see Jed York give his explanation for his draft day tweets and the plan for Trey Lance. You’ll also former Niners GM Scot McCloughlan give his takes for each 49ers draft pick. He’s a tough, honest, grader. “If you saw my deleted draft folder, then you’d see some really, really good tweets,” York said on 49ers Talk. York said there was no master plan — other than to provide some entertainment and, perhaps, even add to ...

Manager says Kamaru Usman wants Michael Chiesa next at UFC 263 May 1, 2021 Right as everyone in the MMA community thought they knew who was next for UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in no. 1 welterweight contender Colby Covington, Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz pumped the brakes on that potential rematch. Usman made it clear to Abdelaziz that he wants to return soon and defend his title for the third time this year, and instead of fighting Covington, Abdelaziz suggested a fight against n...

Social media reacts to the Giants’ selection of Kadarius Toney What social media had to say about the Giants first-round draft pick The New York Giants selected Florida wide receiver Kadarius Toney with the 20th pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night. To get there, general manager Dave Gettleman traded away the team’s 11th pick to the Chicago Bears in exchange for the Bears first-round picks this year and next year along with a fifth-rounder this year and a fourth-rounder next year. It�...

By Wil Leitner Apr 29, 2021 Clay Travis: “Max Kellerman let everybody know that he’s ‘concerned’ that White guys could be the first three picks in the NFL Draft, and at ESPN they wanted you to know that the NFL is super racist against Black quarterbacks. In fact, they published an article as one of the headlines on social media: ‘When it comes to Black quarterbacks in particular, the NFL has long gone out of its way to keep the position as White as the painted yard lines on the field...

There’s an old axiom that says when you’ve hit rock-bottom, you stop digging. Clearly, though, ESPN doesn’t do axioms. Otherwise, it wouldn’t keep doing the same things that caused it to log the lowest ratings in its 41-year history last year. As Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis opined last June, “The network, which has become more left wing than MSNBC and CNN combined over the past several weeks, has completely abandoned sports coverage. The result? Viewers, many of w...

(Screenshot/ESPN) 30 Apr 2021 The NFL Draft is a time for predictions, and few predictions garnered more attention this year than ESPN host Max Kellerman’s prognostication that the top three picks would be, “white guy, white guy, white guy.” Specifically, Kellerman told co-host Stephen A. Smith that his “antennae” would be up because of the tendency for the draft stock of black quarterbacks to fall vis-a-vis white quarterbacks. “… But the point is the correlation that can be made,...

By Wil Leitner Apr 29, 2021 Clay Travis: “Max Kellerman let everybody know that he’s ‘concerned’ that White guys could be the first three picks in the NFL Draft, and at ESPN they wanted you to know that the NFL is super racist against Black quarterbacks. In fact, they published an article as one of the headlines on social media: ‘When it comes to Black quarterbacks in particular, the NFL has long gone out of its way to keep the position as White as the painted yard lines on the field...

By Wil Leitner Max Kellerman: “I think what rubs people the wrong way is that sometimes quarterbacks rise and sometimes they fall, but what I’ve noticed in recent years after decades of artificial barriers being put in place for Black quarterbacks, that vis-à-vis White quarterbacks, Black quarterbacks in the Draft tend to fall pre-Draft with their evaluations. Sometimes it’s right – like Daniel Jones looks like he’s going to be better than Dwyane Haskins, and sometimes it’s wrong ...

By Wil Leitner Max Kellerman: “I think what rubs people the wrong way is that sometimes quarterbacks rise and sometimes they fall, but what I’ve noticed in recent years after decades of artificial barriers being put in place for Black quarterbacks, that vis-à-vis White quarterbacks, Black quarterbacks in the Draft tend to fall pre-Draft with their evaluations. Sometimes it’s right – like Daniel Jones looks like he’s going to be better than Dwyane Haskins, and sometimes it’s wrong ...