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@LZGranderson

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@ABC Contributor/ @latimes Op-Ed Columnist/ Life Out Loud podcast host/Wanderer

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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
We seriously need an explanation how two NBA franchises have managed to get tested for the coronavirus within hours the same week the CDC admits only completing 77 tests thus far
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Chris Mannix
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Raptors players, coaches and staffers who were in Utah on Monday night have been tested for coronavirus, per team. All have been advised to self isolate for 14 days.
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Thinking about how the Exonerated 5 were all younger than Kyle Rittenhouse when they took the stand and how their cries meant nothing.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
7 years
Crystal Griner risked her life to save @SteveScalise . She was comforted in the hospital by her wife. Scalise is against same sex marriage.
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Yo so real quick— I’m seeing way too many “who cares?” in a country that introduced more than 250 anti-LGBTQ bills this year. A lot of people care.
@THETonyMorrison
Tony Morrison
3 years
BREAKING: The Las Vegas Raider's Carl Nassib comes out as gay, becoming the first active NFL player to be openly gay.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
George Floyd was the victim. Derek Chauvin is on trial. Adjust your tweets accordingly.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Lakers fans rolling into Suns territory deep...
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
If my life coach publicly belittled victims of sexual assault and then tried to physically intimidate someone who said she was a sexual assault survivor, well, I’d be wondering what kind of life he’s trying to coach me into.
@nowthisimpact
NowThis Impact
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Life coach Tony Robbins says women are using #MeToo to make themselves 'significant' — but this brave sexual abuse survivor called him out
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LZ Granderson
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It’s so wild how many are comfortable saying “no one was watching the WNBA before Caitlin Clark” when Caitlin Clark herself said she grew up watching the WNBA.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
You can be diabetic and racist. You can be a sex addict and be racist. You can identify as a Christian and be racist. You can have relationships with people of a different race and yes, still be racist. We have got to stop being so simple minded about this...
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Lebron James has never lost in the first round. He’s also prone to monster games when his back is against the wall. This is gonna be fun.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
Dodger fans are running over a Kershaw jersey.
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LZ Granderson
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There is a need for Clark to be an outlier who made the WNBA “watchable” so folks can avoid doing the real work of asking themselves why they didn’t watch before.
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LZ Granderson
5 years
Just give the Dodgers the chip they deserve and we’ll call it good. Kershaw’s legacy took a hit. Roberts decisions questioned. Yu Darvish ran out of town. All cuz of cheaters.
@JeffPassan
Jeff Passan
5 years
BREAKING: Houston Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch have been suspended for one year after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season, sources familiar with the punishment tell ESPN.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
2 years
Complaining about “diversity hire” when the candidate pulls up like this 🤦🏾‍♂️
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
I will say this right now...Jay Williams won a national title at Duke with a stacked squad. He could have opted to join a lesser school with inferior talent but he knew the importance of help. So let Kawhi live.
@RealJayWilliams
Jay Williams
5 years
I will say this right now.... if Kawhi leaves then @Raptors for the @Lakers THAT would be the weakest move I’ve ever seen by the most dominant player in our game right now. 3 of the top 5 players in the @NBA on the same squad? 🤨🙄 @GetUpESPN
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LZ Granderson
3 years
When Clippers fans call into the show saying they weren’t ducking the Lakers
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
CBS can profit from a “Zion Cam” but if Zion did a “Zion Cam” and charged subscribers for behind the scenes action he wouldn’t be allowed to play.
@sportingnews
The Sporting News
5 years
CBS plans to debut "Zion Cam" tonight during Duke's game. "We hired a cameraman, a camera, a digital tape machine to record everything he does."
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LZ Granderson
4 years
I will never understand people who see tragedies like the murder of Breonna Taylor and decide to play devil’s advocate. The devil doesn’t need advocates, justice does.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
Tyson bit off an ear. Bill Romanowski spat in JJ Stokes’ face. Donald Sterling. Bruh stop.
@GetUpESPN
Get Up
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"What we have just witnessed is the most unprofessional act that I can ever remember seeing in professional sports ..." — @Espngreeny on the Antonio Brown situation
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LZ Granderson
8 years
A sniper killing police officers during a peaceful rally is not a protestor. That person is a murderer and should be held accountable.
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LZ Granderson
1 year
@OsheaJacksonJr It’s about the long game
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Nothing says “woke” like the @NFL trying to ban a protest against police brutality the same week we’re expecting to see police body cam video of the NBA’s Sterling Brown reportedly being tased for no reason.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
I haven’t seen this reported by anyone, anywhere? Source?
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
For those of you who are tired of reading about racism, I’m tired of black and brown bodies being killed by it. I’m tired of watching some white people be more upset by those who are protesting racism as opposed to the racism itself.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
7 years
Respect Wolfe's honesty. Hopefully someone close to him can talk to him about criminal justice reform since that wasn't part of his answer.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
When I first tried to get into sports journalism, I once had an editor tell me I was talented but he “couldn’t hire a faggot to go in the locker room”. Today I cohost two shows for @espn . Take #pride in our community’s resilience 👊🏾
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Girl,they kicked his ass OUT
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
This is a screen grab of the LMPD incident report the night of #BreonnaTaylor murder. As you can see not only does it say there wasn’t forced entry, it also says Breonna was not injured. And folks wonder why there isn’t trust. This shit is so f’d up.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
Wonder why I’ve seen more segments on OBJ giving out money than Julian Edelman getting arrested
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Thinking about how so many voices in the international sports community felt the need to say “rules are rules” with regards to Sha’Carri Richardson and marijuana or Naomi Osaka with press conferences but with Djokovic there’s suddenly a need to discuss the legitimacy of rules.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Dayuuuuum. @breannastewart could retire at 24 and have a 1st-ballot HOF career 😳 #WNBAFinals
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
And to think @jemelehill took so much grief for calling the president a white supremacist...
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
To my fellow Asian American journalists who are showing up to work today, I see you. I understand what it's like to tell these kind of stories while quietly carrying this kind of pain. This kind of fear. Your presence and your work have always been necessary--especially now.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Y’all really gonna let the people who told you AD and LeBron were going to struggle together now tell you Westbrook doesn’t help the Lakers? Bruh…
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Blaming the outcome of a football game on a single call is like blaming a cupcake for making you fat. It doesn’t help the situation but a whole lot happened before that.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
9 years
Amazing how important freedom of religion is when it's time to bake a wedding cake and how little it matters when it's time to "ban Muslims"
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Please stop calling Ahmaud Arbery a “suspect” simply because the men who murdered him said he was one.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
2 years
“Bros” soared in ways and felt tone deaf in others. And that’s OK. History loves a trailblazer who makes it big, but starting a new trail is also success.“Bros” opened a door and stumbled in. That’s the cue to open the door wider, not close it back again.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Not many people would walk away from a three-year, $3.6-million contract...to help the country. Hell, we have professional athletes today who are hesitant to play in an empty stadium to help the country.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Some career news...
@LATimesFreshInk
LA Times Comms Dept
6 years
LA Times Names LZ Granderson Sports and Culture Columnist. Welcome, @LZGranderson ! More in the news release:
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LZ Granderson
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Breonna’s ex was arrested in March and released on bail. A plea deal in July was drafted, with possibility of no jail time, if he said Breonna was involved in drugs. He rejected it. He was arrested again a day after telling a newspaper Breonna wasn’t involved in any drug trade.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
@thehill World class athletes block Twitter trolls all of the time…
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Good morning to @Dodgers fans only
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Down 3-1, Dave Roberts kept the team together. He made great moves tonight. If ya hate when he falls short, celebrate when it comes together. #Dodgers #WorldSeries
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Black women such as Maxine Waters, Jemele Hill, and Stacey Abrams have been demonized during the Trump era for doing exactly what Nina Simone did when America’s ugliness viciously slapped her in the face — fight back by fearlessly speaking the truth.
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LZ Granderson
8 years
Footage of @ananavarro arriving in @CNN green room
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Many white conservatives prefer Black athletes like James to just play, because they don’t want to be reminded of their Blackness. They want feel-good stories about making it out of the ghetto without talk of why there is a ghetto in the first place.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
“Papa, now the only place left on our bucket list is the Super Bowl”
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Ever seen lions at the beach before? Now you have...
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
@Bakari_Sellers To your point—since voter suppression has become a political strategy, sitting out feels more like giving in than fighting back.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Yo heaven, Omar coming #RestInPower
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
2 years
Snoop Dogg engages in recreational activity that’s legal in LA and in…wait for it..New York. Post that 🤷🏽‍♂️
@nypost
New York Post
2 years
Snoop Dogg smokes weed right before star-studded Super Bowl 2022 halftime show
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Real talk: I’m with Serena on this. I have seen men say and do way worse on the court and not get penalized the way she was #USOpen
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Brought @keyshawn with me this time #BlackLivesMatter
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
8 years
Plagiarize speech, lie about graduating from college but media is dishonest. Uhm, ok
@CNN
CNN
8 years
Melania Trump: I didn't expect a "dishonest media"
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 months
I’m born and raised in Detroit. Lived in 9 other states including Cali. I promise you, the working class is everywhere. The struggle is everywhere. There are adults in LA juggling 3 jobs, no insurance and never been to the beach. Stop pushing this BS about America is.
@NFL
NFL
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For the city of Detroit 💙🤍
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LZ Granderson
6 years
Me after the waiter says “I’m sorry sir, we don’t have a liquor license.”
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LZ Granderson
6 years
I remember being a cub reporter during Columbine. It felt as if the entire country stopped. Today I’m in a restaurant having lunch and it feels as if no one here even knows what took place in Florida today.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
We see you @naomiosaka
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 months
Corporate tax receipts under Trump fell to a 75-year low. He ballooned the deficit by $7.8 T and $3.3 T of that was before COVID hit. Trump now has been exposed as having lied about his business success— in case the 6 bankruptcies didn’t tell you.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Deepest team Bron’s ever had. Boy is this gonna be fun 🙌🏾🙌🏾
@ESPNLosAngeles
ESPN Los Angeles
4 years
BREAKING: Gasol will sign a two-year deal, sources tell @wojespn & @ZachLowe_NBA . Listen to the home of the Lakers on 710 AM ESPN
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
So when you say “Pastor” before your name what exactly do you mean?
@pastorlocke
Pastor Greg Locke
6 years
The funny thing is @realDonaldTrump is still the President and she’s still a hooker. #StormyDanielsDay
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LZ Granderson
3 years
McConnell out here trying to be both Brady and Mahomes in the same game 🤷🏽‍♂️
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LZ Granderson
4 years
Dwight Howard was basically out of the league but with LeBron he’s indispensable in the regular season. AD had his first career 50-win season with Bron and they didn’t even play an entire season. But by all means, define “value” however you like 🙄 #MVP
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
8 years
Just so we're clear: Trump's #MuslimBan excuses countries he has business ties to despite their connection to terrorism. Ok, carry on.
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LZ Granderson
4 years
Same reason why one is called “settler/ex-pat” and the other “illegal immigrant”.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Why does the media describe violent white people with guns as militias but black people with guns are gangs?
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
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Wondering why Trump— someone attached to 6 corporate bankruptcies—is not paying for your legal fees is some serious cognitive dissonance.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Punch the wrong journalist and you will find a deeper truth
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Thinking about how a year ago today my bosses at ESPN radio told us not to talk about the terrorist attack on air. I did it anyway because I knew I was leaving but more importantly: IT WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK/ ATTEMPTED COUP. Felt important to mention.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Two teams from LA entered the bubble. One had a key player break protocols for lemon pepper wings, the other had a key player skip his sister’s wedding to avoid risks. Months later, the lemon pepper team fell way short and is being broken up while the other became World Champions
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
I feel sorry for any tennis fan whose love for Federer and/or Nadal won’t allow them to see the brilliance of Joker #Wimbledon
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Some professional news. Some personal news as well...
@Variety
Variety
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ABC News Launches First LGBTQ+ Issue-Focused Podcast, Hosted by LZ Granderson (EXCLUSIVE)
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Kamala on stage against Pence...maybe 2020 isn’t so bad after all.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Purposefully misleads the public about status and then uses words like "woke mob" "cancel culture" and "witch hunt" when he really means "being held accountable"
@therecount
The Recount
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"I realize I'm in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now so before my final nail gets put in my cancel culture casket, I'd like to set the record straight." — Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers decries the NFL's "witch hunt" over vaccination status
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
I wonder which team/ which player Paul George always wanted to play with next
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Everyone who supports Trump isn’t a racist but for everyone who supports him, racism is clearly not a deal breaker.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
5 years
@jemelehill Tell boyfriend with the unkempt beard Georgetown is also in DC
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Trump said he had evidence Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. It never came. Trump said he had the largest inauguration crowd ever. We saw the contrary. He said he knew more about ISIS than the generals. Mexico would pay for the wall. That COVID was basically the flu. Now voter fraud.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Hollywood execs found value in the gone-too-soon narratives of Judy Garland and James Dean. The tale of a boy from a small South Carolina town of less than 30,000 making his way to Oxford before becoming a global superstar is also worthy of a biopic.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
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@RexChapman It’s not madness. It’s evil. He’s not a good person.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
It’s racist. The artist knows it. The approving editors know it. The readers of the newspaper know it. Tennis fans know it. The people who make a living by being contrarians know it.
@meisme562
Norf Numspa 5000 🇭🇹🇸🇸🇵🇦🇲🇱🇨🇩🕵🏾‍♂️
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@LZGranderson you talk about this cartoon?
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
3 years
Thanks for letting me play in the sandbox…time to give clay a shot.
@ESPNLosAngeles
ESPN Los Angeles
3 years
Congratulations on 17 years at ESPN, @LZGranderson ! We're gonna miss you ❤️
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Again, the Lakers won the chip last year because the combination of Lebron and AD made it virtually impossible for teams to out-big them or out small ball them. They’re cheat codes.
@ESPNLosAngeles
ESPN Los Angeles
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. @stephenasmith says he'd trade AD for Dame. You agree? (via @FirstTake ) Tune in to @maxkellerman at 11 AM on 710 ESPN
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
President Trump has a “platinum plan” to help the Black community. President Trump also wants to stop counting votes coming from predominantly Black voting hubs. Nothing says I care about Black people like wanting to go to court to throw out Black votes.
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LZ Granderson
5 years
I wonder if Serena had a doping suspension if it would be as easily ignored the way Sharapova’s has been
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LZ Granderson
5 years
#LakerNation outside of @ESPNLosAngeles right now. All you hear are cheers and cries for #KobeRIP
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LZ Granderson
2 years
When a FOX host makes fun of a soldier who was injured fighting for us, and viewers side with the host, that blue line might as well be fuchsia. Man, watching the GOP move away from “support the troops” trips me up more than Drake’s foray into house music.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
In order not to show his disappointment to reporters asking the right questions, he must smile for all the wrong reasons. All these years later and yet —to paraphrase the great poet Paul Laurence Dunbar — many of us still must wear the mask.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
2 years
@davidalangrier Menu? I need list of ingredients
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LZ Granderson
3 years
Thinking about how hard it’s going to be to take people at their word about vaccinations when we have elected officials still lying about the nature of the January 6 attack— and that’s on video.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
6 years
Wait a minute, Washington is 27th in the NFL in scoring and Jay Gruden doesn’t want @Kaepernick7 because they’d have to change the offense? What offense!?!
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
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@keinishikori working on his return game #USOpen2016
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LZ Granderson
4 years
If only “out of an abundance of caution” was something the White House embraced in February...
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LZ Granderson
4 years
17 seasons 14 postseasons 10 Finals Dayum #LeBron
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LZ Granderson
8 years
Once again Trump is playing us. The man who called Hillary "crooked" just paid $25M for fraud yet we're talking about his Hamilton tweets.
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LZ Granderson
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“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled”— Mark Twain
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LZ Granderson
4 years
Dear @NFL owners, If you write “End Racism” on your football fields but support a president giving shout outs to white supremacy groups on national TV, you are not serious about ending racism.
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LZ Granderson
4 years
Watching anti-mask protests in Arizona and can’t help but notice how outraged some men become when the government tries to tells them what to do with their bodies...
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
4 years
Instead of tweeting dumb shit because Trump is losing why don’t you use your platform to encourage respect for our democracy 🤷🏽‍♂️
@HerschelWalker
Herschel Walker
4 years
Instead of us fighting and going to court, why don’t we have Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin vote again? We can have it done within a week, and maintain our democracy.
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@LZGranderson
LZ Granderson
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Dear Fam and Friends, If someone walks into my apartment and shoots me dead while I’m sitting on my couch, please do not hug my murderer. I would hate to have to haunt yo ass for the rest of your days.
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