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Steph Curry Scores Richest Deal in NBA History With $200,000,000 Contract
He might not be Michael Jordan, or even LeBron James, but Steph Curry has just agreed to what amounts to the richest deal in NBA history. The five-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is worth $201 million with no options, as confirmed by Curry’s agent Jeff Austin of Octagon. USA Today reports that Curry…
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Vegas ’Bout to Be Lit—With the Sticky Icky. Nev. Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Today
Just when you thought Vegas couldn’t get any better, it just goes ahead and keeps the party at 1,000. For the state that already has legalized prostitution and gambling, the legalization of cannabis might just make it a debaucher’s dream. At midnight on Saturday, two marijuana dispensaries in Reno, Nev., became two of the first…
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To ‘Sir’ (and ‘Rumi’) With Love? Maybe. Twitter Sounds Off
The unapologetic blackness of Jay-Z and Beyoncé continues. ’Cause you know black folks are real creative when it comes to our kids’ names. Celebrities, too. And they are both. And so, if the reports are true, the double spawn of Bey and Jay are Rumi and Sir, two unique names indeed. Rumi was a 13th-century…
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SC Restaurant Owner Says Confederate Flag Near His Business Has Caused Fistfights
A dead racist and staunch defender of the Confederate flag is causing mucho problems for an Orangeburg, S.C., restaurant owner. The drama begins with Maurice Bessinger, founder of the Maurice’s Piggie Park chain of barbecue restaurants across central South Carolina. Fox 4 reports that Bessinger was a proud segregationist who kept scores of Confederate memorabilia…
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Black Teens Cuffed for Selling Water on National Mall
They can’t find the people hanging nooses all over federal grounds, but the U.S. Park Police are on it when it comes to illegal water-selling. A photo showing three African-American teens being handcuffed on the National Mall for selling water in extreme heat has sparked outrage, more proof that black teens are over-policed and shown…
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Halle Berry Says She Doesn’t Want to Hear About ‘Black Lives Matter’ but She’s No Sellout
Unlike some other celebs, Halle Berry did not embarrass herself when asked about the Movement for Black Lives. The recently pregnant-not-pregnant knockout did say she was tired of hearing about Black Lives Matter … with one redeeming caveat. According to HipHollywood, Berry had this to say during Cannes: In my world I get tired of…
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Dallas Cop Faces Charges in Shooting Death of 21-Year-Old Woman
A Dallas police officer will face aggravated assault charges for firing into a moving car at least 13 times and killing a 21-year-old woman, authorities say. He will most likely face no consequences for taking this young woman’s life. Thirty-nine-year-old Dallas Police Officer Christopher Hess has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal-affairs investigation…
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Cuba Calls Out Donald Trump, US: Don’t Get Hincty With Us, Racist Hypocrites
In response to President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration’s lifted restrictions with Cuba, the Castro government released a lengthy statement saying that the U.S. is in “no condition” to lecture them, especially given the sorry state of race relations in the U.S. “We have deep concerns by the respect…
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On 2-Year Anniversary of Massacre, Mother Emanuel AME Church Announces Memorial to Honor Shooting Victims
The Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., announced Saturday that it was retaining the designer of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to craft a permanent monument to the nine victims who lost their lives to racist terror on June 17, 2015. Israeli-American architect Michael Arad was selected to create a…
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Where the Hell Are the Police? Another Noose Found on National Mall
Surely, with all of the camera surveillance as well as several branches of police (federal, local, military, etc.) patrolling one of the most tourist-laden places in these United States, one would think that there would be an arrest or some movement in this noose-hanging frenzy going on all over the National Mall. However, these noose-placing…
