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Knicks Give Fans Another Season Of Excitement And Heartbreak

Every year I promise I won't let the Knicks get me excited about their chances of winning an NBA title. I swear I won't...
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Jalen Rose’s Charter School Receives New Building Free Of Charge

In 2011, Jalen Rose founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy charter school in the Northwest side of Detroit to help educate inner-city youth and...
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A Meaningless WNBA Foul Sparked A Race Debate And Black On Black Beef

On Saturday, while most basketball fans were celebrating the Knicks win over the Celtics and waiting for Game 7 between the Nuggets and Thunder,...
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Game 4 Proves Why It’s So Painful To Be A Knicks Fan

If you're a long-suffering Knicks fan, you understand the premise. You understand the pain, frustration, thrill and angst you experience from rooting for the orange...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Named 2024-25 NBA MVP

On Wednesday afternoon, OKC Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the NBA's 2024-25 MVP. Shai, who led the Thunder to a Game 1 win in...
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Jasmine Paolini Upsets Coco Gauff At All-Black Italian Open Final

At the Foro Italico in Italy on Saturday, hometown darling Jasmine Paolini upset the world's no.3 ranked Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to win the...
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Knicks Move Closer To Fulfilling New York’s Biggest Dream

On Friday night, the Knicks shockingly blew out the defending champion Boston Celtics, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in...
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Charles Woodson To Buy A Stake In The Cleveland Browns

Pro athletes have increasingly been investing in professional sports teams over the last few years, and now Charles Woodson has joined the club. According to...
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Nevada State Hires Yvonne Wade As Inaugural Athletics Director

Big news out of Nevada today as Nevada State University, which opened in 2002, announced the hiring of Yvonne Wade as the first athletics...
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Like NY, The Knicks Are Built For This And That’s The Celtics’ Real Problem

With very few exceptions, no one expected the Knicks to leave Boston up 2-0, especially not after New York was trailing by 20 points...
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Sacramento St. Athletics Is Assembling Black Sports Star Power

Prior to the last four months, not many athletes would have considered Sacramento State University as an athletics destination, and even fewer would have...
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Legendary NY Sports Journalist Howie Evans Passes Away

Sad news from the sports world this past weekend as New York basketball icon and longtime sports journalist Howie Evans passed away. Evans, who spent...
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The NBA Must Officially Ban John Haliburton From The Playoffs

At the end of a thrilling overtime win by the Pacers over the Bucks, Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo stood alone on the court, hands...
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Knicks And HBCU Legend Dick Barnett Passes Away At 88

On the day that the Knicks came back to beat the Pistons in a thrilling and physical Game 4 in Detroit, New York legend...
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Shedeur Sanders Deserved Better

"With the 144th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns select Shedeur Sanders, quarterback, the University of Colorado." That one sentence on Saturday...
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