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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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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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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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Colorado’s Victory Is A Win For Deion, The School And HBCUs

There was nothing bigger on Saturday than Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Their game against TCU in Texas was a much-hyped event that officially...
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Instead Of Hating, Give Malik Willis The Chance Others Get

At the 2022 NFL Draft, Liberty quarterback Malik Willis was labeled as a raw talent and the potential to develop into a good NFL...
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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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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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Johnny Mac Tennis Project Pro Am Raises $625k For Inner City Youth

The John McEnroe Foundation’s Johnny Mac Tennis Project announced that last weekend's PRO AM event at SPORTIME Amagansett raised a record $650,000 in one...
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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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Deion Sanders Isn’t A Businessman. He’s a Business, Man.

Jay-Z could easily have been describing Deion Sanders when he tore up the remix for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" for Sanders is much more...
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NY Mets To Retire Numbers Of Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry

All baseball fans know just how good the infamous 1986 New York Mets were. The Queens-based squad was loaded with talent, and two of...
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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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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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