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Steph Curry Out Indefinitely After Suffering Gruesome Tailbone Contusion
NBA superstar Steph Curry, whose back was already sore from carrying the Golden State Warriors all season, suffered one of the worst injuries known to man Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets. At the tail end—no pun intended—of the third quarter, the two-time MVP launched an off-balance trey and as he stumbled backward into the…
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Turns Out, Kanye Is Not the Richest Black Man in America [Corrected]
Correction: 3/18/2021, 12:15 p.m. ET: *record scratch* Laaaaaa, la, la, laaaa wait ‘til we (and a bunch of other media) get our wealth valuations wrong. Kanye West is actually not the richest Black man in the U.S. On Thursday morning, a whole Kanye-kerfuffle erupted including a now-retracted Forbes article stating that the rapper-entrepreneur-former-presidential-candidate had become…
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Calls to #FreeHaiti Spotlights Untenable Situation in Caribbean Nation
You may have seen #FreeHaiti making the rounds on Twitter, and though the hashtag has been shared by celebrities like Cardi B and influencers like Karen Civil, it originated from people in the Caribbean republic in response to the fatal outcome of a SWAT operation last weekend to seize gang members in the Village de…
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After Owning the Boston Celtics for Years, LeBron James Becomes Part-Owner of Boston Red Sox
Since entering the NBA in 2003 as an 18-year-old phenom, LeBron James has completely transformed what it means to be a professional athlete. Aside from being dominant on the court, he frequently uses his platform to combat social injustice and has evolved into a savvy businessman whose interests extend to music, the restaurant industry, education,…
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Must Be the Money: The New England Patriots Are Taking No Prisoners During NFL Free Agency
I don’t consider myself a religious person, but as much as I despise the New England Patriots, head coach Bill Bellicheat is really out here turning water into bottles of Luc Belaire. Back in October, when the Patriots were 2-4 and looking like dog shit for the first time in decades, Tom Brady’s step-daddy attributed…
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Texas Rangers Rename Ballpark In Honor of Country Music Legend Charley Pride
During the Grammys on Sunday, the Recording Academy paid tribute to music legends we lost over the past year, such as Pop Smoke, Bill Withers, Little Richard and county legend Charley Pride. But that wasn’t the only tribute the groundbreaking country artist received, because on the same day, the Texas Rangers had something special in mind…
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High School Basketball Team That Announcer Called the N-Word Claps Back With State Championship
Whew, the devil is busy. This weekend, you might’ve heard about a Sapulpa, Okla., basketball announcer who was kind enough to call members of the Norman High School girls basketball team “fucking niggers” because they committed the unpardonable sin of kneeling during the national anthem. I know, I know…they don’t like when we get all…
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After Losing One Legend, Will the New Orleans Saints Unleash Another?
On Sunday, after months of speculation, Drew Brees finally called it a career after 20 years in the NFL. Per ESPN, he retires as the NFL’s all-time leader in career passing yards (80,358) and ranks second all-time in touchdown passes (571) and completion percentage (67.7%). Not bad for a dude who thinks kneeling during the…
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Re-Up Gang: Cam Newton Returns to the Evil Empire With Incentive-Laden One-Year Deal
I think it’s safe to say that Cameron Jerrell Newton didn’t have a particularly great 2020. He got cut by the Panthers, was forced to sign for pennies on the dollar with the Patriots, there was a whole-ass global pandemic, Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy, and he played like absolute dog shit all season. Sure,…