We’re back to discuss the National Association of Black Journalists giving Stephen A. Smith a “Thumbs Down” award for what they called, “establishing a recurring public pattern of disparaging commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports, and media,” Kayla Nicole telling everyone that despite her past dating history, her Blackness should never be questioned, and Shaq saying that he doesn’t miss playing in the NBA because today’s players are cupcakes. We also get into the NFL’s grand marketing plans for it’s most famous player’s wives and girlfriends, criticism around the Pop The Balloon show, and Young Thug’s advice to students at a charter school, telling them to move “militant.”

We discuss Enes Kanter declaring for the WNBA draft in a bid to challenge the league’s policy on what you have to do in order to declare yourself eligible to play in an effort to combat the trans athlete rules, the salary cap circumvention scheme involving Kawhi Leonard, which looks to be getting worse with an additional no-show sponsorship deal tied to him, and Michale Porter Jr. discussing being at the Michael Rubin white party this year, which was also attended by five of his exes. We also discuss LaVar Ball saying Michael Jordan should’ve made more than what he has off of his Nike partnership, Boosie calling out streaming companies for revenue sharing that don’t benefit the creator and starting his own streaming company, and artist Fenix Flexin admitting that his song “Rubberz” was made using AI after initially denying he used AI at all.

In this episode, we discuss Marlon Wayans’ take on why to him, spanking kids is not a good discipline technique, Paul Pierce claiming he doesn’t make enough money per year to accommodate the child support demands that his ex-girlfriend is making, and the WNBA taking down a post that shows Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese betting on a game played between their respective teams. Plus, we get into Tomi Adeyemi, the author of a young adult fiction trilogy called “Children of Blood and Bone,” renouncing the film adaptation of her book, Porsha Williams discussing how stars have no influence over what gets aired on “Real Housewives” shows, and content creator Nara Smith, who makes content invoking the “tradwife” image, rejecting the label and wanting to make it known that she is actually not a tradwife.