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Former NFL Running Back Edgerrin James Saves Wads of Cash in a Box
Former NFL running back Edgerrin James doesn’t keep his savings in a bank; instead he keeps ungodly amounts of cash in a box. That’s right; the onetime Indianapolis Colts great posted a photo on Instagram showing the savings he accumulated in 2016 inside a box he calls his “Vice Boxxx.” According to TMZ Sports, James…
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Trump Wants Taxpayers, Not Mexico, to Pay for Border Wall
President-elect Donald Trump promised his voters a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and now his transition team and congressional Republicans are trying to figure out if there is any way to slide the wall building into existing legislation without passing a new bill. Two congressional officials and a senior transition-team official with knowledge of the…
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Ex-Coach Bobby Bowden Is an Old-School Racist Who Doesn’t Think He’s Racist
Former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden strikes me as one of those Southern racists who are so racist, they don’t truthfully believe that they’re racist. The kind of racists who will pat a black man on the head or call his closest black male friend “boy”—you know, a Paula Deen-style racist. During media…
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Duke Guard Grayson Allen Is a Thug, and His Indefinite Suspension Was a Joke
Duke guard Grayson Allen is a thug. He’s a full-fledged habitual thug who happens to be good at basketball. He’s also a temperamental, whiny brat, but make no mistake about it, he’s a thug. Mainstream media has been reluctant to call him that, and the handling of his on-court violence has been a joke, by…
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When Dabbing Goes Wrong: Lawmaker’s Son Gets Punished for Dabbing in Photo
Somehow, all of this, this great big dabbing debacle, is all Cam Newton’s fault. That’s because the reigning NFL MVP made dabbing a thing for white kids all across the country by making this his end zone dance. Truthfully, I just don’t like the fact that Newton has declared “All Lives Matter,” and I will…
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6 NAACP Members Arrested in Protest of Jeff Sessions Bid for US Attorney General
Six NAACP members were arrested late Tuesday at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile, Ala., office ending a sit-in to protest the nomination of Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. According to CNN, five men and one woman, including NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the second degree. The protesters…
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How JaVale McGee's Terrible Haircut Got Shaq Compared to a Minstrel Act
At this point, Golden State Warriors reserve center JaVale McGee doesn’t find it funny. In fact, McGee believes that the jokes about him stopped being funny long ago. Sure, McGee seems spaced out a lot of the time. You can see a montage of McVale’s greatest moments below: But he’s tired of being the butt…
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You Called Out The Root, Umar Johnson, and You Played Yourself; Here’s Why
Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, has said our name. In his last posting from a hotel room somewhere in the continental United States, a much more subdued and skullcap-less Johnson has apologized for his behavior and profanity-laced tirade to everyone but black media and, more specifically, The Root. According to Johnson, black media…
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President Obama Is Really Leaving, Will Deliver Farewell Address in Chicago
As we move closer to the final days of an actual adult presidency, the reality that we’re letting go of scandal-free years is starting to set in. President Barack Obama didn’t help matters when he announced Monday that he would be delivering his farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago on Jan. 10. “I’m just…
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House GOP Reverses Vote to Gut Ethics Committee
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, 1:08 p.m. EST: Even President-elect Donald Trump thought Republicans focused their attention on the wrong issues after they held a closed-door vote to weaken the independent ethics committee created to keep lawmakers honest. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: According to Politico, GOP members heard the president-elect and public’s displeasure with their…
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