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Racist Antics From Baseball Team Leads To Student Walkout At A Portland Catholic HS

Racism reared its ugly head in high school athletics again, this time through the disgusting antics of a high school baseball team. Last week, students...
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Black Athletes Remain Silent After U. Of Missouri Defunds Black Student Governing Body

Earlier this month, the University of Missouri announced it was defunding the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC), the first and only Black university student...
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Mike Tomlin To Join NBC’s “Football Night In America” Show

When Mike Tomlin stepped down after 19 years as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, many thought his next step would be television,...
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40 Years Ago Today, Michael Jordan Lit Up The Celtics For 63

On April 20th, 1986, 40 years ago today, Michael Jordan lit up the Celtics in the playoffs and put everyone on notice that the...
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All The Smoke To Produce Michael Irvin’s Netflix Podcast

Over the last few weeks, All The Smoke Productions (ATSP) has been growing, launching new shows and adding new partners, and that run continued...
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Aces’ A’ja Wilson Becomes Highest Paid Player In WNBA History

A'ja Wilson has dominated on the WNBA hardwood and now she's doing the same at the bank after her new contract. Wilson's three-year, fully guaranteed...
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Mark Jones Ends His 36 Year Run At ESPN

On Sunday, longtime ESPN announcer Mark Jones is ending his run at ESPN, a tenure that lasted an incredible 36 years. Andrew Marchand of The...
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All The Smoke Signs Developmental Deal With Emmy Winner Howard Bryant

All The Smoke has been on the rise and diversifying its media business over the past few years, and now they've done it again. Earlier...
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Michigan’s NCAA Title Run Revived The Impact Of The Iconic Fab Five

The University of Michigan men's basketball team had an amazing season that culminated in an NCAA title with a 69-63 win over the UConn...
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WNBA Expansion Is Laced With Rich Basketball History

Earlier this week, the NBA and WNBA Board of Governors officially signed off on the expansion plans for the WNBA, meaning that Cleveland, Detroit...
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Tracy McGrady, Jadakiss Tip-Off Ones Basketball League In NY

Tracy McGrady is bringing back the Ones Basketball League (OBL) this summer, so what better place to set the season off than in the...
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What’s Happening To The Black National Sports Radio Host?

Late Friday afternoon, Awful Announcing posted the news that ESPN midday national sports radio host Clinton Yates was out at ESPN. Clinton Yates out at...
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2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships Showed How Special The Recent Era Of Black Wrestlers Was

The 2026 NCAA DI men's wrestling championships took place two weeks ago in Cleveland and while there were some exciting matches and freshmen leaving...
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Masai Ujiri Joins Toronto Tempo Ownership Group As A Principal Owner

Masai Ujiri is widely respected and recognized as the man who brought Canada its first NBA Championship as the GM of the Toronto Raptors. But,...
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The 60th Anniversary Of Texas Western’s Title Reminds Us That Black History Must Be Protected, Learned And Taught

"Five starters, two subs. Forty minutes, seven players. I'm only going to play the Black players in the final game tomorrow. Just you." That was...
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Mike Tomlin To Join NBC’s “Football Night In America” Show

When Mike Tomlin stepped down after 19 years as...
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