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  • New York Knicks Great Charles Oakley Arrested for Cheating Las Vegas Casino: Report

    Legendary NBA tough-guy Charles Oakley found himself in the pokey after reportedly trying to cuff a bet he placed once he realized he was going to lose. According to TMZ Sports, on July 8, Oakley was gambling at a Vegas casino and apparently forget that this is 2018 and everything is recorded on video. Oakley…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 12, 2018
  • Stormy Daniels Arrested for Doing Stripper Things as a Stripper Inside a Strip Club 

    President Trump’s non-Russian side bae, Stormy Daniels, was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors for reportedly touching guests who turned out to be undercover officers, who either believed they were at a Hot Shoppes buffet and didn’t understand why a naked woman was dancing or don’t know how to appreciate great customer service at a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 12, 2018
  • Trump's Ex- Campaign Chairman Paulie 'Walnuts' Manafort Claims He's Treated Like 'VIP' in Jail

    Court papers released Wednesday show that President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, aka Paulie Walnuts—as he’s known in the mafia…erm, White House … fine, no one calls him that, but Paulie Walnuts is living like a boss in jail. That’s because his solitary confinement cell is a “large private room with a shower, a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 11, 2018
  • Peak Caucasity: Papa John's Founder Drops N-Word During Sensitivity Training Call

    Who are Papa John’s children? Seriously, where are Papa John’s wards? Because his children need to run into his room and tell him to STFU because he’s ruining their inheritance. On Wednesday, the founder of Papa John’s, the pizza that tastes like cardboard, oppression and racial hate, apologized for dropping the n-word during a ……

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 11, 2018
  • #SwimmingSheriffSusie Throws Lone Black Man Out of His Apartment Complex Pool

    It’s officially the summer, so you know what that means: the beginning of cop-calling season. I know they have been calling the cops all year, but those white-people workouts were actually just tattletale training camps and off-season snitching sessions. Now that black people will start swimming and holding barbecues, the real games begin. In the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 11, 2018
  • Watch: NFL Cornerback Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones Gets Into a Full-On Fist Fight With an Atlanta Airport Employee

    Free-agent cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has a checkered past, but if the footage from a recent video is to be believed, then the fistfight he had with an employee at an Atlanta airport was not his fault. According to TMZ Sports, which obtained video of the incident, Jones was reportedly walking through the airport with…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 11, 2018
  • Former Buffalo Bills Lineman Claims to Know the ‘Whole Story’ in LeSean McCoy’s Domestic-Violence Beef

    Remember Richie Incognito, the swollen-faced white man who used to play for the Miami Dolphins and was accused of bullying then-teammate Jonathan Martin in 2013? And by bullying, I mean taunting him with racial slurs. Well, Incognito would go on to play for the Buffalo Bills, the same team that running back LeSean McCoy plays…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 11, 2018
  • Rep. Louie Gohmert Defends Rep. Jim Jordan Against Claims That He Knew of OSU Wrestler’s Sexual Abuse by Saying They ‘Were Adults’

    The sexual-assault apologists just keep on coming out of the GOP woodwork. On Monday, Rep. Louie Gohmert defended his Republican brethren Jim Jordan of Ohio against allegations that he knew about reported abuse during his time as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University and did nothing to stop it. “Unlike the Olympians who were…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 10, 2018
  • Here’s What We Know About the Disturbing LeSean McCoy Domestic Violence IG Post

    Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy has been accused of brutally assaulting his girlfriend, according to Instagram photos that show a beaten, bloody and swollen woman lying in what appears to be a hospital bed. An IG user by the name of @Miamor_i_adore posted a photo of her friend before and after the alleged beating…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 10, 2018
  • Did Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Negotiate His Replacement With Trump Before Retiring?

    I love me some conspiracy theories. In fact, I am convinced that Tupac Shakur is currently living as a goat farmer in Cuba. Don’t @ me. So, I will say that this one unnamed news source has a bit of a conspiracy-esque tinge to it, but let’s just go with it for a second. On…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    July 10, 2018
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