Illinois Investigating Racist Post Directed at Kofi Cockburn

Losing sucks, but even worse than losing is being attacked. Illinois big man Kofi Cockburn faced racist comments on social media following a loss in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Cockburn shared on Instagram a racist social media post directed at him after the top-seeded Illini lost to No. 8 Loyola Chicago on Sunday.

Cockburn posted a screenshot of the post and responded by writing: “I blame his parents.”

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Illinois' Kofi Cockburn called out a racist comment left on his social media page after his team's loss to Loyola Chicago. pic.twitter.com/yjMxDiQoTP

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Illinois is looking into the situation and has spoken with Cockburn. The spokesman said the source of the comment was identified by others on social media.

Seriously, what is wrong with people?

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