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Oprah’s Network to Produce Michael Sam Docuseries
Michael Sam has to be the most celebrated seventh-round pick never to have played a single NFL game. As the first openly gay NFL player, Sam has signed an endorsement deal with Visa; his jersey sales have been second only to Johnny Manziel, aka Johnny Football; and now the Oprah Winfrey Network will be chronicling…
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Dean Baquet Named 1st African-American Executive Editor at the New York Times
Dean Baquet will become the first African-American executive editor at the New York Times, replacing Jill Abramson, who leaves the top position unexpectedly. The news apparently stunned New York Times staffers, who did not see this move coming. On Wednesday Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times and chairman of the New York…
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Man Who Planned to Kill President Obama Sentenced to Death
In 2011 a South Dakota man stabbed a 75-year-old woman and stole her car. His plan was to drive to Washington, D.C., and kill President Barack Obama. James McVay made it as far as Madison, Wis., before police stopped and arrested him. On Tuesday a judge agreed with a jury’s unanimous vote to sentence the…
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Michael Sam’s Jersey 2nd-Highest Seller Among Rookies
Michael Sam announced that he is gay shortly before the NFL combines—a series of tests used by NFL scouts to gauge a player’s strengths and weaknesses. Some believe the prospect of becoming the first openly gay NFL player may have affected Sam’s workout, since he didn’t run as fast or jump as high as many…
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11-Year-Old Shoots Grandmother After Getting Into Trouble at School
An 11-year-old Oklahoma boy came home to his grandmother’s Tulsa apartment with a bad progress report from his school. He gave his grandmother the report, and while she sat reading, authorities say, he went to her room and grabbed a .22-caliber gun, then returned and shot her in the back of the head. “All I…
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Jameis Winston’s Dad Wants Around-the-Clock Security for Son
Florida State University quarterback and baseball closer Jameis Winston’s father wants the school to provide a handler for his son at all times because Jameis has had a few run-ins with the law, the latest of which involved unpaid-for crab legs taken from a grocery store. “He’s supposed to have somebody around him 24-7,” Jameis’…
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Openly Gay NFL Player Michael Sam’s Boyfriend Has Mob Relations
Turns out that the man on the other end of the biggest NFL draft kiss is related to a mobster. That’s right: Michael Sam’s boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, is the grandson of late Midwest wiseguy William (Willie the Rat) Cammisano. According to the New York Daily News, Cammisano’s father, Gerlarmo (Jerry) Cammisano, 60, served 14 months…
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Solange vs. Jay Z and Rachel Roy?
It is the fight that shook up the Internet. On Monday, TMZ released a black-and-white, three-and-a-half-minute-long recording of Solange Knowles viciously attacking her brother-in-law, Jay Z, in a hotel elevator. Now the hotel from which the footage was recorded wants to know how it got to the press. The Standard Hotel in New York City,…
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Donald Sterling on Magic Johnson: ‘He’s Got AIDS!’
Donald Sterling has gone from racist to ridiculous. In an interview Monday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner, who has been banned for life from the NBA for a racist rant that was leaked to TMZ, went HAM on Magic Johnson, mischaracterizing the Hall of Famer’s HIV status to opine that…
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Nigerian President Refused Immediate Help to Find Missing Girls
On April 15 the Islamist militant group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from a village in Nigeria, and the next day, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, whom the Associated Press reports was fully aware of the mass abductions, was photographed dancing at an event. According to AP, the Nigerian president did not publicly mention the…
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