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Speed Skater Shani Davis Fails to Medal in the 1,000-Meter Race
Shani Davis’ storybook career may have come to a sad end Wednesday, as he finished eighth in the men’s 1,000-meter speed-skating event, coming up short of being the first speed skater to win the same event at three consecutive games. The heavily favored Davis, one the greatest winter Olympians of all time and the face…
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Michael Sam Sr. Is Struggling With His Son Coming Out
Earlier this week, Michael Sam came out publicly with the news that he is gay. When asked about his parents’ reaction to the news during an interview with ESPN, Sam said, “I told my mom and dad last week, and they just pretty much said, ‘We knew and we love you and support you,’ ”…
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Justice Clarence Thomas: Americans Are Too Sensitive About Race
Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students that Americans today are too sensitive about race, Yahoo News reports. “My sadness is that we are probably today more race- and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to…
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Zimmerman Fight Is Off, Again
The bare-knuckle brawl that was to feature George Zimmerman and an unnamed opponent has been canceled again, after Trayvon Martin’s family refused to accept any money from the fight’s promoter, TMZ reports. The fight, which was originally scheduled as a “celebrity boxing match” to feature Zimmerman and rapper DMX, was called off after an online…
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Michael Dunn Takes Stand, Racist Letters Take Center Stage Online
Michael Dunn, the man who pumped nine shots into a parked Dodge Durango full of teenage boys, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis after a dispute over the kids’ loud music, took the stand Tuesday in his defense, telling the jury, “I thought I was going to be killed.” Dunn, 47, claimed that he saw what he…
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Jesse Jackson Wants to Go to North Korea to Bring Kenneth Bae Home
Jesse Jackson is no Dennis Rodman, but he is hoping that he can be the one to get Kenneth Bae, an American missionary imprisoned in North Korea, set free, and he has the full blessing of the State Department, Buzzfeed reports. “At the request of the Bae family, I think people are aware that Rev.…
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Report: US Attorney General Eric Holder to Step Down This Year
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to step down some time this year, according to the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, whose feature story is slated to run in the magazine’s Feb. 17 issue, the Washington Times reports. The first African-American attorney general told the writer that he planned to remain “well into” 2014, but he…
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Rap Mogul Murder-for-Hire Trial Under Way
When James Rosemond, aka Jimmy Henchman, was out on the street, he was living two lives. As James Rosemond he was a well-respected music industry executive who worked with popular artists like Brandy, Salt-n-Pepa, Sean Kingston, the Game and Akon. As Jimmy Henchman, he was a well-respected gangster whose beef with rapper 50 Cent’s G-Unit…
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Michael Dunn’s Girlfriend Fights Tears on Stand in Jordan Davis Trial
In a rare Saturday court session in the trial of Michael Dunn, Rhonda Rouer took the stand to tell her side of what happened Nov. 23, 2012, the night her boyfriend, Dunn, fatally shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis. Rouer told the jury that her boyfriend had “maybe three or four” rum and sodas at his son’s…
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Marcus Smart Suspended 3 Games for Shoving Fan
The punishment is in, and Oklahoma State star Marcus Smart is going to watch his team play without him for three games. He was suspended for shoving a Texas tech fan in the final seconds of Saturday’s game, ESPN reports. The three-game suspension was announced Sunday by Cowboys coach Travis Ford. “I want to apologize…
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