Behind the Line

Rich Strike shocked the world by winning the Kentucky Derby last weekend. John Barr interviewed Eric Reed...the trainer of Rich Strike...for a piece for ESPN Outside the Lines. During the interview...John Barr uncovered a months-old tweet Eric Reed sent about Vice President Kamala Harris.

We compare ESPN reaction to this tweet...to their non-reaction to the NBA expanding into the UAE. We discuss Elle Duncan interrupting a women's college basketball game over the Ron DeSantis bill...but completely ignoring the NBA and the UAE. We explain how this is another example of woke hypocrisy...and how ESPN has zero credibility.

Angel City FC is the newest franchise in the NWSL. The team founded by Natalie Portman entered the league with an impact...selling out their first home game of the regular season. The sellout boosted average attendance across the NWSL opening weekend.

Now...new NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman is talking about expansion. Jessica Berman claims now is the time to grow the NWSL...with perceived interest in the league being high. We discuss the potential expansion of the NWSL...and question where the money is coming from.

Natasha Cloud is one of the leading scorers on the Washington Mystics this season. However...she was forced to sit their game last night due to the WNBA Health and Safety Protocols. Natasha Cloud immediately blamed the WNBA for her situation.

We reveal and react to an Instagram post from Natasha Cloud...blaming the WNBA for forcing players to fly commercial flights instead of chartered flights. Natasha Cloud claims the league isn't worried about player safety.

We refute these claims...and explain how Natasha Cloud and other WNBA players are trying to use this situation to force the WNBA into compliance regarding chartered flights.

The WNBA will have most of their regular season games broadcast nationally this season. The national broadcast schedule in the WNBA began last Friday night...with two games featured on NBA TV. Unfortunately for the WNBA...the ratings were brutal.

We reveal and react to WNBA ratings from last weekend. We also discuss the upcoming Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue...which will feature five women from the WNBA. We explain the reason for the decline of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue...and how this alliance with the WNBA won't solve the problem.

The NBA announced recently that the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks will play two preseason games next season in the United Arab Emirates. While it's great that Adam Silver is expanding the reach of the NBA globally...investing in the UAE creates a unique problem.

The NBA has been at the forefront of several woke movements in America. The UAE regularly violates all the causes the NBA promotes. We discuss the hypocrisy of Adam Silver and the NBA. The league denigrates America here at home...yet supports countries like China and the UAE.

The WNBA is once again making news for off-the-court happenings. An incident was revealed by Australian media earlier today...where Liz Cambage allegedly told Nigerian basketball players to return to their third-world country.

The story was initially reported by the New York Post...but no other mainstream media outlet in America is covering the story. WHY? We discuss the reason the American media is once again ignoring a negative story involving Liz Cambage. We outline her history of situations like this...and show how the media has covered for Liz Cambage each time.

The second-round series between the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors is starting to heat up. However...most of the heat surrounding the series was on Twitter over the weekend. Joey Sulipeck is the meteorologist for FOX13 in Memphis...and sent a questionable tweet about Draymond Green.

We reveal and react to the tweet from Joey Sulipeck. We also reveal some of the reaction on Twitter. We discuss how the standards aren't the same surrounding this issue...which causes people to struggle to relate and sympathize.

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Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union attended the Met Gala earlier this week...and offered some insight on how they're raising their son Zaya Wade into a daughter. The comments from Dwyane Wade were interesting...as it provided insight as to how he and Gabrielle Union are promoting this behavior.

We play and react to the comments of Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union. We discuss our childhood growing up...and how our parents raised us. We compare our parents' methods to the methods of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade...and discuss which method we believe is better.

Draymond Green had some interesting comments in his response to what Chris Russo said on First Take earlier this week. Many in the mainstream media are talking about the supposed connotation in the comments of Chris Russo...but they're ignoring the real message behind what Draymond Green said.

We play and react to the comments of Draymond Green...where he advises of changes coming in the mainstream media. Draymond Green says people will no longer be allowed to speak freely. We explain why it's important to take Draymond Green seriously...and discuss the ongoing movement to silence dissenting opinion.

Cynthia Cooper enjoyed a legendary career in the WNBA and coaching women's college basketball. Many consider Cynthia Cooper to be the Michael Jordan of the WNBA...but some of her former players appear to be trying to taint her legacy.

The Athletic published an extensive investigation into the coaching career of Cynthia Cooper. Numerous unnamed players accuse her of making them uncomfortable...and taking things too far verbally.

We reveal and react to the investigation by The Athletic. We discuss how most of these allegations against Cynthia Cooper appear to be typical locker room talk. We explain how young players...especially in women's sports...have become overly sensitive to things that used to be commonplace.