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Clinton Yates
@clintonyates
storyteller @espn. panelist @aroundthehorn. talker @espnlosangeles. alum @washingtonpost @wtop. brazenly black. district native.
Jul 26 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
let's about talk about my favorite part of the Olympics, one of the things that that originally got me into art and graphic design as a child: pictograms. the first I can remember are from Seoul 88. you might recall these.

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Image over the years, some have been better than others, but for me, that particular year set the standard for pictograms that were life-changing.

this year? we've gotten back to something with unmistakable style and communicative messages.

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Jun 17 • 36 tweets • 10 min read
Welcome to Birmingham, kiddos. espn.com/video/clip?id=… Part 1 of my ‘Letters From Birmingham’ series this week @andscape documenting all parts of the #MLBatRickwood experience.

Column: Is Magic City ready for its big league close up?

andscape.com/features/major…
Apr 17 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
so, this is obviously inappropriate, unprofessional and just plain gross. but there's something else happening overall I want to do discuss. I am extremely curious to see how the generalized culture around this country changes because we are in a space beyond hoops that we just haven't seen. Which is that a US women's professional team sports league could have a markedly dominant *cultural* market share.
May 30, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
yall can just say you dont like black women being in control of anything instead of blaming Naomi Osaka for anything having to with the OBVIOUS systemic racism that exists in the tennis community. the order vs justice crowd breaking their own rules to justify this nonsense.

if the penalty for breaking a rule is a fine, let her pay the fines. But oh, since she can pay it with ease, suddenly the rule is based on principle and she gotta go? Telling on themselves, big time.
May 29, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
this #ChampionsLeague telecast intro song coulda won Eurovision quality uni matchup as well. the goalkeepers look outstanding
May 26, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
there are a couple wows in this story, beyond the initial concern about why Emily was fired in the first place. I’ll explain. to start, this is extremely institutionally arrogant thing to include in an apology. Of course the ramifications weren’t considered. That’s the whole problem

the insinuation that it was reasonable to expect that no one would care based on their own concept of importance is wild Image
Jan 13, 2021 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
bravo, Kojo. What a run. For those nationally who arent familiar with the legend, he is a broadcasting god in the D.C. area. I’ll explain in D.C., the most unique part about the media market is that, obviously, there are local, national and international subsets that often flatly, do not overlap unless they have to in coverage. Kojo, naturally, blended all three. But for a reason.
Jan 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BELIEVE BLACK PEOPLE. IT WORKS. sorry. It’s just been a really rough week. We been doing the same thing FOREVER. Minding our business and making the world better. Why on earth does anyone else think that the reason yall love us aint the same reason yall hate us? ITS A CHOICE.
Aug 26, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
it’s not a boycott. It’s a strike. The difference is imperative to understanding what it means to take action as a black person in America.

Column tomorrow @TheUndefeated. jesus let this take out order come quickly. These white folks asking me “what does this accomplish” re: NBA are about to get every inch of the business out my mouth and I do not like embarrassing people in actual physical public lol
Feb 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
sooooo many dap details to break down here for one, 44 going FULL clasp into embrace into straight up shake, not back to clasp, is flatly...a presidential dap.

Getting from embrace back to full shake is not easily executed unless the second person is following suit. Which with him, they all are, obvs. Hence the name
Oct 27, 2019 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
you know what? I will take the time to address right now, which this whole remark is total nonsense. I brought it up last night, but the fact that this was the first reply in, just doesn't make sense. Fwiw, this is not personal to anyone, but wtf. THREAD. there's a large subset of humans who spend a LOT of time bellyaching about what the specific four "major" sports teams have done or not done regarding championships, and as a literal lifelong fan of my hometown teams, it's unbelievably lame on so many levels. For a clear reason