The Play-In Round – OutKick

Joe Kinsey and Bobby Burack co-authored this text.

Welcome to the 2nd annual Woke All-Star Problem the place we honor these sports activities media wokes who’ve gone above and past for the trigger. What we realized in 2021 is that limiting the Problem to 16 wokes unnoticed too many opponents, so the committee created a play-in problem the place 4 fortunate wokes get a shot at making the principle discipline of 16.

Let’s get to the motion!

Michael Wilbon vs. Woj. within the Gaslight Area

Wilbon has turn into a far much less nice particular person in his older years. Nowadays, Wilbon is discovered yelling concerning the unvaccinated and shilling for New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams.

Take a look at him, it’s unhappy:

Mike Wilbon went off. pic.twitter.com/KgEXonnGYN

— A Phizer A (@Aqua174) March 13, 2022

Get the vaccine, you dope! Individuals are dying”

Wilbon can also be main the cost against Phil Mickelson as a result of he thought-about taking part in golf for Saudi Arabia. That’s nice. However why does Wilbon proudly help the gamers and his associates who defended the Chinese language Communist Celebration? Bizarre

Wilbon acquired outdated, and really woke.

Adrian Wojnarowski:

Woj is the epitome of a woke. Past sending Senator Josh Hawley a “fuck you” electronic mail after Hawley questioned the NBA’s silence on its enterprise companions in Chine committing genocide, Woj is a large hypocrite, a key trait discovered within the wokes.

Woj referred to as Rachel Nichols a “bad teammate” for not joyfully accepting that ESPN lower her out of the NBA Finals for the nice sin of being white. Curiously, Woj is the second worst teammate at ESPN, behind solely Stephen A. Smith.

In the course of the commerce deadline, Woj went on-air to belittle co-reporter Brian Windhorst as a result of Windhorst stated that the Nets had been probably buying and selling Ben Simmons for James Harden “There isn’t a negotiation occurring between Philadelphia and Brooklyn,” Woj stated whereas debunking his teammate’s report.

Properly, lower than 24 hours later, the Nets did commerce Simmons, and for Harden. Woj by no means apologized to Windy. Somewhat, he took credit score for the report.

And who might overlook Woj’s Massive Lie? In a “information” report on the NBA, Woj falsely claimed that Jacob Blake was unarmed when the police shot him, nearly a yr after Blake had admitted that he was armed with a knife.

What a woke, mendacity hypocrite.

Betting line as set by @beatinthebookie:

Wilbon -170

Woj +130

Welcome to the 2022 Woke All-Star Problem play-in spherical voting. Who’s the wokest: Michael Wilbon vs. Adrian Wojnarowski

— OutKick (@Outkick) March 23, 2022

Bomani Jones vs. The Athletic Employees within the #MeToo Area

Bomani Jones’ scores weren’t ok for him to safe a spot within the match however his woke racism this yr earned him a spot within the play-in match.

After failing on each ESPN Radio and tv, Jones now hosts a present on HBO present, referred to as Race Concept. And, in some way, it’s his greatest failure but.

The primary episode misplaced 80% of its lead-in’s viewership and the second episode did not even chart, dropping to a 2 am airing of “PAID PROGRAMMING.”

Bomani Jones spent the previous yr how he has spent all of his years: calling white individuals racist. Jones has even not too long ago stated that white persons are the issue within the NFL, in his life and in America.

“I simply don’t know why individuals attempt to make this much more complicated than it’s,” Jones stated. “What’s the issue? White individuals.”

No surprise nobody watches this man — he’s woke, racist and hateful.

The Athletic Employees:

OutKick determined, as an alternative of together with random woke Athletic staffers within the bracket, we’d simply embrace your complete employees of wokes led by senior woke Nicole Auerbach who competed within the 2021 bracket. It’s a troublesome play-in matchup towards rookie woke (it’s not his first rodeo, however we wouldn’t let him into the 2021 bracket) Bomani.

This play-in sport shall be a check to see if Auerbach and the crew was woke sufficient over Aaron Rodgers’ COVID stance or if Bomani is simply an excessive amount of to beat.

Betting line as set by @beatinthebookie:

Bomani -105

Athletic Employees -105

The play-in bracket voting begins now for the @outkick woke bracket problem. Who ya acquired because the wokest: the Athletic employees or Bomani Jones? Winner faces Keith Olbermann:

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 22, 2022

Peter King vs. Jalen Rose within the Poisonous Area:

It is a battle of two No. 4 seeds within the 2021 bracket the place each misplaced to formidable foes. Peter was defeated by Pat Forde whereas Jalen noticed his woke run finish through a complete beatdown by the hands of Keith Olbermann.

Now, certainly one of these two will get their first woke victory. That’s what the play-in is all about. Like March Insanity and 16-seeds that get to brag they’ve a tourney victory, certainly one of these wokes shall be updating his Wiki web page to replicate a victory.

Let’s not overlook how Jalen acquired right here. Bear in mind when he stated Jacob Blake was lifeless?

Hey @JalenRose Jacob Blake continues to be alive, not lifeless. And he was shot by police as a result of he had a knife, refused to drop it, and a girl he’d sexually assaulted referred to as police asking for defense. That is embarrassing @espn. pic.twitter.com/9ykTEq88tn

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 20, 2021

As for Peter, his huge second of woke got here when he was mad at how many individuals confirmed as much as a Braves sport whereas implying they had been all going to die as a result of COVID.

Betting line as set by @beatinthebookie:

Peter King +160

Jalen Rose -200

Peter King vs. Jalen Rose — the winner faces Rex Chapman within the Poisonous Masculinity Area:

— OutKick (@Outkick) March 23, 2022

Stan Van Gundy vs. Stan Verrett within the Nonbinary Area:

Stan V is without doubt one of the creepier wokes.

At 55-years-old, with no spouse or youngsters, Verrett has a whole lot of time on his fingers. A lot so, he obsessively tweets at OutKick’s Bobby Burack late into the evening. Spoiler: Bobby by no means responds.

Everybody might use a superb snigger.

This 54-year-old @ESPN anchor, with no spouse and no youngsters, has been melting down in each my mentions and DMs for over a yr. He even, weirdly, talks about psychological well being in a few of them.

Get pleasure from: pic.twitter.com/xlLKsQ0aBC

— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) July 6, 2021

It seems Stan has by no means recovered from the dunking Clay placed on him just a few years again:

Stan, you’re the 4,743rd most proficient particular person @espn. And that may be beneficiant. Hope you have got a superb evening, bud. Additionally, questioning whether or not an NFL quarterback could have longevity isn’t a “thinly veiled canine whistle” it’s referred to as really watching the sport. https://t.co/ibzBhmWJlu

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 26, 2019

Take a look at Verrett as Keith Olbermann however with out the many years of fame and success. Pray for Stan. He wants it.

Stan Van Gundy makes his rookie woke debut off a yr that noticed him enter the voting rights invoice fray and nearly another lib lib trigger he might kind an opinion on. He’s railed on topics like Ron DeSantis, arguing over COVID photographs, and SVG even acquired concerned within the Lia Thomas content material.

SHE will not be a person.

— Stan Van Gundy (@realStanVG) January 5, 2022

Betting line as set by @beatinthebookie:

SVG -140

Verrett +110

Stan Van Gundy vs. Stan Verrett — the winner faces Mina Kimes within the Nonbinary Area:

— OutKick (@Outkick) March 23, 2022