Charles Barkley pushes vaccine.  Blog King, Mass Appeal PHOENIX — Cole Beasley and DeAndre Hopkins, two of the NFL’s most revered wideouts, are on record saying they won’t get Bill Gates’ coronavirus vaccine. But if it were up to Charles Barkley, they would either “get the jab” or get fired. During a recent chinwag with CNBC’s Jade Scipioni, the outspoken ...

Brady, Mahomes Madden NFL 22 Blog King, Mass Appeal KANSAS CITY — The old G.O.A.T. and baby G.O.A.T. are together again. Less than a year after squaring off in Super Bowl LV, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller Patrick Mahomes will aggrandize the cover of “Madden NFL 22” — the MVP edition. It’s the video ...

Honey Badger is paying the ‘rent.’ Blog King, Mass Appeal NEW ORLEANS — Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu is much more than an All-Pro defensive back for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. He’s also a reality TV star. Mathieu and Bleacher Report released a new four-part docuseries titled “The Landlord” that chronicles the pecuniary hindrances of four families in ...

Lamar Jackson crowned MVP. Blog King, Mass Appeal MIAMI, Fl — “Big Truss, Woo, Woo!” First, it was Patrick “Showtime” Mahomes. Now it’s Lamar “Action” Jackson. For the first time in NFL history, black quarterbacks are crowned MVP in back-to-back seasons. Jackson’s historic accolade was distributed Saturday night at the NFL Honors Show from the Adrienne Arsht Center in downtown ...

No excuse for blacks to fail. Blog King, Mass Appeal DENVER — It’s New Year’s Eve which equates to “Black Monday” — literally — in the National Football League. Quick, blow the party favors! Check this out: Coming into the season, the NFL employed 7 black head coaches. Monday morning, four were terminated and another was released midseason. Now there’s only ...

Mahomes’ chick loses stepfather. Blog King, Mass Appeal KANSAS CITY — Shortly after his team registered a 26-14 shellacking of the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes eschewed the postgame news conference to deal with a family emergency. His girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, posted a doleful message on Instagram — explaining that her stepfather, Paul Massey, had collapsed and died ...