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Colin Kaepernick’s Bait & Switch With NFL Sparks Twitter War Between Stephen A. Smith and Eric Reid
Who’s zooming who? Colin Kaepernick’s highly hyped “tryout” event for NFL scouts caused football fanatics to go apeshit yesterday. On one hand, the modern-day folk hero (who actually sacrificed his professional career in the name of black people killed by police) made a last-minute switch of venue from the Atlanta Falcons compound to Charles Drew…
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Lena Waithe Comes Out About Secret Marriage to Longtime Partner Alana Mayo
Hold the “mayo,” please! Lena Waithe has come out of the closet … with news that she is a married woman. The screenwriter, producer, and actress revealed that she married her longtime partner Alana Mayo during an interview on Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “We snuck and did it, you know,” the Emmy…
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Bill Russell Ends 44-Year Basketball HoF Boycott—but the Backstory Proves He's the G.O.A.T.
Ask anyone who is the greatest basketball player of all time, and you’ll surely get a diversity of opinions—including Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Magic Johnson and that dude who played for your cousin’s high school in 1987 whose jump shot was wet but he got shot in his layup leg running from the police his…
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The NCAA Is Big Business for Everybody but Black Players
The NCAA is big business. Since its humble beginnings in 1910, it’s blossomed into a juggernaut; organizing athletic programs, regulating over a thousand conferences and institutions, and generating over a billion dollars annually since 2016. The bulk of that revenue comes from two primary sources: television and marketing rights fees, with ticket sales from its…
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The NFL Is Just Not That Into Colin Kaepernick, and This Sham 'Workout' Proves It
While thinking about the nebulous “workout” the NFL recently offered to Colin Kaepernick, I’m reminded of…He’s Just Not That Into You. Which, well, let me explain: Like most other zeitgeist-driving cultural entities of the early aughts, the general premise of the book and subsequent film He’s Just Not That Into You hasn’t aged well. Back…
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The Solange-Curated Bridge-s at the Getty Center Is a Hypnotizing and Ethereal Viewpoint on Transition
There aren’t many experiences that have left me so truly speechless that they’ve stayed with me forever. Cue the unmatched Solange Knowles and Bridge-s. Brought to Los Angeles’ Getty Center Museum by Dropbox and Getty in partnership with IAMSOUND, Bridge-s explores the themes of “transitions through time.” From Getty’s press release: Exploring themes of transitions…
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John Legend Is (Not So Ordinary) People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2019
All of People Magazine loves all of John Legend because they’ve just chosen the crooner and pianist as 2019’s Sexiest Man Alive. Legend, who I’ve started lovingly referring to as “Piano Arthur” (Hey! His wife Chrissy Teigen fully embraces the meme joke!), was certainly honored, but those prideful feelings were mixed with a little fear,…
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Julián Castro Explains Why Ending Police Brutality Is Central to His Campaign
“To black and brown communities out there that deal with the impact of excessive force by police: I would say that we see you, we hear you.” —Julián Castro text As the 2020 presidential race continues to unfold, there are certain things I have come to expect from particular candidates during the Democratic debates. When…
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Report: NFL Schedules Workout for Colin Kaepernick
After nearly three years of being whiteballed by the NFL, quarterback, activist and majestic 3C-Afro rocker Colin Kaepernick will reportedly audition for a roster spot at a workout arranged by the National Football League. Organized by former coaches and NFL combine personnel, the NFL has invited representatives from all 32 league teams to a one-man…