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Shaq, Allen Iverson Are Relaunching Reebok Basketball As Executives

In 1992, LSU star Shaquille O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft. That same year,...
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Brett Favre Won’t Release Taxes In Welfare Fraud Case

Ever since the massive welfare fraud case in Mississippi was exposed, Brett Favre has been a primary target in the media and by auditors...
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The Bay Area Deserves A WNBA Team, But Put It In Oakland

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the WNBA was looking at the Bay Area, specifically San Francisco, for a possible expansion franchise, which is...
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Simone Biles Proves She’s The GOAT Once Again With The “Biles II”

To say that Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast in the history of the sport is not a hard claim to make. Her Olympic...
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With WNBA MVP Photo, ESPN Again Fails To See How Images Impact Perceptions Of Black Athletes

This past April, Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas was a guest on ESPN’s now-canceled Keyshawn, JWill & Max show, and while introducing Thomas, a...
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Doug Williams, James Harris Honored With Field Naming At Grambling

Yesterday, Grambling State University announced they would be honoring two of their legendary players, Doug Williams and James "Shack" Harris", by naming the field...
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Deion’s First Loss Exposes The Racial Divide In Reactions To Black And White Self-Confidence

The only person hated more than a supremely confident individual is a supremely confident Black individual. It's an issue that has long existed for Black...
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Usher To Headline The 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Usher has done it his way, and now he'll do the exact same thing at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. This morning, fans of...
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Olympian Moushaumi Robinson Is Still Sprinting To Educate And Protect

For many in the Sunshine State, Florida isn’t a particularly sunny place for many of its citizens as Governor DeSantis’ “war on woke” has...
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The NBA Will Now (Finally) Punish Flopping

The NBA has had a flopping issue for a long time. Players falling to the ground, their bodies thrashing and writhing "in pain" after a...
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ESPN NY Is Giving Up 98.7, So Black Media Should Revive 98.7 Kiss FM

Today some interesting news dropped in New York that ESPN is giving up it's 98.7 FM signal in the area to focus on distribution...
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Deion Sanders Has Made Saturdays A Black Family Gathering Day

Over the past two weeks, nothing has been bigger in college sports than Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. College football fans and celebrities from...
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Simone Manuel Launches Foundation To Help Black People Swim

Simone Manuel showed us that Black people, and Black women in particular, can swim and swim damn well. The 2x Olympian shinned in the pool...
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Madison Keys’ US Open Run Sparked A Black Identity Debate

Madison Keys came up one win short of returning to the US Open Final where she last appeared in 2017 against eventual champion, Sloane...
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Grambling Honors Tigers Legend Willis Reed With Scholarship

Willis Reed was a star for the New York Knicks and one of the greatest players in NBA history. But before he took to...
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