Let's get to some quick hitters in the headlines that I want to start with. Caitlyn Clarker, right, The Indiana feverstar was named Tom Magazine's Athlete of the Year earlier this week, and she took time to acknowledge that race played the role in her success this year. Here's a passage from the article in Times magazine. Quote. I want to say I've earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege. A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been
black players. This league has been kind of been built on them. The more we can appreciate that highlight that talk about that, I think it's very important. I have to continue to try to change that. The more we can elevate black women, that's going to be a beautiful thing. End quote. You see why I had no problem with her being Times Athlete of the Year. You see why I said that she should have been on Team USA.
You see why I had to go off on the likes of Ryl Swoops and others who were clearly distant and dismissed and dismissive of her. No matter how much they try to deny it, there was resentment towards her. And here's why I said it was stupid, because when she came into into the WNBA for twenty two plus years, they had been flying commercial. They were begging for chartered flights. She arrives there and two weeks later they got chartered flights.
She automatically and instantaneously improved the conditions. Attendance is still lagging. WNBA is still losing money compared to what you would hope it would earn. But clearly things are upward trending trajectory. It's improving and she has everything to do with it. Attendance for Indiana Fever games Are you kidding me? MWNBA draft games on ABC, ESPN television ratings. She's directly responsible.
And people were resenting her for it, like she was the cause of the problems that they had, for the lack of recognition. No, she just happened to be born white, That's it. Caitlin Clark hasn't spoken against anybody. He as an assistant in denying anybody else the privileges they deserve. If anything, she's tried to provide assistance. A rising tide lifts all boats. She's trying to be the rising tide
that lifts the boats, and it was sisters. Resentful of her, Be resentful of the system, be resentful of the folks, primarily to white folks who basically disenfranchised y'all all of these years before she came along, who denied you the acclaim and the allure and the prophet you richly deserved. But you don't take that out on Kaitlyn Clark, not her.
She's the one that assists you. When black folks was marching during the Civil Rights era and fighting every battle they possibly could, they weren't dismissive, nor did they assist in denigrating the white people who marched with them. They saved the vendom for those who would it. You'll run away from people who support you, you run to them, especially when they're in a better position than you to
help you. But it still seems like people are slow rolling their way to a form of progressive thinking that enables them to appreciate the Caitlin Clocks of the world instead of resenting her, which means, as always, no matter how far we've come, we still have a ways to go.
Quick hit the number two takes us to tempe Arizona, where Bronie James played in this first ROLL game for the South Bay Lakers, and at a career night the Lakers rookie scored a game high thirty points and thirteen of twenty three shooting as the South Bay Lakers fell to the Valley Suns one O six, one hundred. Brownie, who was the fifty fifth pick in the NBA draft, is now averaging fourteen points, three and a half rebounds, and two point five assistant four games in the G League.
I'm just happy he got action. I'm just happy that he showed up on a road game and got reps in the whole lebron James, Bronnie James. Things is done now. It's about Bronnie James earning his stripes and participating against that lesser competition and busting there, you know what, to
show that he deserves to be in the NBA. Because even though people are gonna hate no matter what, the legitimacy of their arguments are going to dissipate drastically once you continue to show out like that, once you continue to show that you belong like you started showing last night. Congratulations to Bronnie James, but keep it up. It's a marathon, baby, it ain't a sprint, and nobody is in a better position to know that than your father, who is on
a Mount rushmore basketball. One of the all time greats, Lebron ain't perfect, and I'm wanted the first to point out his imperfections on a basketball courte of course, nowhere else. But let me tell you something. He's an all time great. He's never cheated the game, and that brother works his tail of to improve all the time. Emulate Pops to the best of your ability, and you'll be just fine. For our last quick hit, I want to give major
props to Travis Hunter of the Colorado Buffaloes. Hunter, who's a favorite to win the Heisman this weekend. Last night, at the thirty fourth Annual College Football Award Show on ESPN, took home four, count them, four big awards. He won the Associated Press Football Player of the Year, receiving twenty six to forty three votes Thursday from a panel of
eightp top twenty five voters. In addition to that, he also won a Walter Camp Awards the Player of the Year, along with the Chuck betten Errick Award as a Top Defensive Player and Finally, Hunter won the Bolitnikoff Award. That honor is the best wide receiver in the country. He clearly should win the Heisman. That kid from Boise State, that running back ain't no joke though, But I'm Travis Hunter all day, every day, no question, and he deserves the Heisman and I hope he gets it. I'm proud
of him. Four point zero GPA, special kids, special talent, great head on his shoulders, wishing him nothing but the best. He really deserves it. I'm really happy for him. But let's not stop there. Close the deal. Give that brother the Heisman. He's earned it.