<![CDATA[    So now, it's official. The NBA has selected DeMarcus Cousins to take the place of the injured Kobe Bryant, which means that we can officially say that Damian Lillard, master of the step-back three, end-of-game assassin, and the object of countless internet memes, like this:   …has officially been snubbed from the 2015 NBA All-Star…

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<![CDATA[ EDITOR’S NOTE: The sad irony is that, by virtue of the many friends and allies I have who are white and who understand the racial injustice involved in the whole Ferguson saga, that this article will probably be shared a lot — but probably not by the people who need to read it most.…

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<![CDATA[  It may be miles and miles away from where you live, but Ferguson, Mo. is closer than you think. This national embarrassment, this ridiculous cluster-you-know-what, is terrible, virtually indefensible on so many levels. But the seeds of this atrocity were planted a long time ago. What’s worse, they’ve been planted all over our nation.

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