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Watch NBA Great Scottie Pippen Butcher 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'
NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen is reported to be divorcing from his wife, Larsa, so now is probably not the best time to ask him to sing during the seventh-inning stretch, But it looks like the Chicago Cubs didn’t get the message, as Pippen led the crowd through a butchered rendition of “Take Me…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 15: Nasty Woman Featuring Sexpert Michelle Hope
I am not a bragger. That’s not my thing. One of my awesome-est traits is how humble I am. I totally whooped my podcast partner, The Root’s social-content producer, Danielle Young, aka Ms. Patti Patti, in sex trivia!!! It wasn’t even close. I know that Patti LaDanielle knows a lot of stuff, but she doesn’t…
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The Son Rae Carruth Tried to Have Killed Will Be There to Greet Him When He Walks Out of Prison
Rae Carruth is still in denial. The onetime promising Carolina Panthers wide receiver was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in the 1999 shooting death of Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with Carruth’s son at the time. Carruth hired a gunman in order to end the pregnancy because Adams refused to have an abortion.…
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Forget the Protests; the NFL's Real Black Eye Is and Always Has Been Domestic Violence
New York Giants kicker Josh Brown is a woman-beater. Full stop. He’s not paid to beat women. He’s paid to kick a football. The former has not affected the latter. The New York Giants still employ Brown even though they know Brown is a woman-beater. It isn’t a secret because Brown admitted to being an…
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Antonio Cromartie's Wife Believes Team Let Him Go Because of Protest
The Indianapolis Colts released cornerback Antonio Cromartie last month, and his wife says she thinks she knows why: his protest during the national anthem. Terricka Cason Cromartie took to Instagram to respond to Colts owner Jim Irsay’s comments that NFL games aren’t the place for protest. “You are nothing more than an entertainer. Just shut…
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University of Louisville Coach Rick Pitino Charged in Prostitution Scandal
The University of Louisville was rocked last year with claims that former players and recruits were lured to the school with sex from prostitutes hired by a former university employee. On Thursday the NCAA “formally charged current and former staff members in its men’s basketball program, including Coach Rick Pitino, with major rules violations related…
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Trump's 'Nasty Woman' Comment Backfires as 'Nasty Women' Rise Up for Clinton
Donald Trump turned his ratchet ridiculousness up to epic levels last night during the third and final presidential debate. Shortly after Trump boasted that “no one has more respect for women than me,” he called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.” During the debate, Clinton said: “My Social Security payroll contribution will go up, as will…
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Things Got Really Weird After Derrick Rose's Rape Trial
Shortly after a Los Angeles jury found Derrick Rose and two friends not liable for the rape of a California woman, things got strange. Before leaving the courtroom Wednesday, the judge cracked a joke with Rose, telling the newly acquired New York Knicks point guard, “Best wishes … except when the Knicks play the Lakers,”…
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Well, This Is Awkward: Obama's Half Brother to Be Trump's Guest at Wednesday's Debate
First it was Bill Clinton’s accusers; now Donald Trump is bringing President Barack Obama’s half brother, Malik, to the final presidential debate Wednesday. It’s unclear what Trump hopes to accomplish by bringing Obama’s brother, who has dual citizenship and spends most of his time in Kenya and some time in Washington D.C., to the debate,…
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Jury: Derrick Rose and 2 Friends Did Not Rape Accuser
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 19, 4:40 p.m. EDT: It took a Los Angeles jury only three hours to determine that Derrick Rose and two friends—Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen—had consensual sex with a woman who claimed that the men gang-raped her, according to the Los Angeles Times. Rose and the woman had been in an open…
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