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Okay, So Maybe Life Inside the NBA's Bubble Won't Be So Bad After All
I haven’t been to summer camp since I was a child, but if it’s anything like what NBA players are about to experience at Disney World when they return to work in July, where do I sign up? According to The Athletic, on Tuesday, the league sent out a 108-page memo outlining what teams can…
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Juneteenth Is Finally Entering the Mainstream American Consciousness. Now Make It An Official Federal Holiday
Forget the 4th of July! Juneteenth is the day that should be celebrated by all as a pivotal point in America’s freedom story. One-hundred-and-fifty-five years ago this year, the last of the enslaved black population in Galveston, Texas received word that they were officially free. Despite the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which…
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Retail on the Rebound? Trump Touts 17.7 Percent Boost in May Retail Sales—Conveniently Ignoring April's Record Drop
It’s safe to say that the retail landscape as we once knew it will not recover with a COVID-19 vaccine—in fact, much of it was on the decline well before the coronavirus reached our shores, with traditional brick-and-mortar locations proving unable to keep up with the increase in online shopping. And as the pandemic imposed…
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Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard Threatens Boycott, Calls Out Coach for Supporting One America News: 'I Am a Young Black Man That Wants Change'
Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy has promised to “make some changes” after his poor choice in attire led to a damn near mutiny within his football program. On Monday, Gundy’s star running back, Chuba Hubbard, put him on blast for rocking a One America News Network t-shirt in a recent photo and threatened…
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Once Teammates, Now Kyrie Irving and LeBron James Represent Opposing Factions Fighting for the NBA's Future
After the final buzzer sounded in the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James had finally delivered on his promise to bring the Cleveland Cavaliers its first NBA title against the defending champs, the Golden State Warriors. Consumed with emotions, the magnitude of the moment was difficult to express, but he tried his best. “I gave everything…
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If You Ever Wanted to See White-on-White Crime, Check Out These Reactions to NASCAR's Confederate Flag Ban
Have you ever taken a pacifier from a baby? They lose their shit; kicking and screaming bloody murder until you shove it back in their mouth to calm them down. Well, white supremacy is White America’s binky, and without the comforts that it affords, there are some very upset people coming to grips with the…
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The Good, the Bad and the Traumatic: Reevaluating the Role of Sharing Black Death on Social Media
“I think the mainstream media is addicted to trauma porn when it concerns black people…Those horrific images that we have of the Twin Towers falling to the ground are all we remember about 9/11. In cases where we think about mass shootings that predominantly affect white communities such as Sandy Hook, we don’t have pictures…
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Bill Russell Comes Out of Retirement to Dunk on Trump From the Free Throw Line: 'You Are Divisive and a Coward'
On the same weekend that former Secretary of State Colin Powell pulled down his pants and took a massive shit all over Donald Trump, NBA great Bill Russell made it his personal duty to finish the job. “#Trump you projected your narrative that #TakingAKnee is disrespectful & #UnAmerican it was never about that!” he tweeted…
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Kanye West Puts His Money Where His Mouth Once Was, Sets Up College Fund for George Floyd's Daughter Gianna
You know the echoes of “Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. West” in Kanye West’s song, “Good Morning?” Well apparently, that’s the energy media personality Ibrahim “Ebro” Darden had when he called out the rapper’s silence on social media. I’ve already expressed this in another blog, but I have to reiterate my point specifically for ‘Ye:…
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Here's Everything You Need to Know About the NBA's Return (Before the Clippers Win Their 1st NBA Title)
Nearly three months after the Devil (and Rudy Gobert) stole our joy, comes the news that the NBA will be making its triumphant return. I’m sure you have plenty of questions about how in the hell this will all play out, so I’ll do my best to answer them all. Yup. But prayerfully it’s more…