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Whose World Is This? The (Black Design) World Is Theirs
The haters say they’re going to hate it. But they won’t. They’ll love it just as much as the fans.
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The Queen of Basketball Gives Lusia Harris Her Long-Overdue Flowers
If you’ve never heard of Lusia Harris, The Queen of Basketball seeks to resolve that problem.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Becomes 2nd Fastest Woman of All-Time After Running Fastest 100m Since Florence Griffith Joyner
Usain Bolt is cool and all, but it’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who’s got the juice.
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Simone Biles Is Running Out of Records to Break After Winning 7th Consecutive National Women's All-Around Title
On Sunday, while the rest of you heathens were crowded around your TVs watching Floyd Mayweather manhandle Logan Paul, Simone Biles was in Fort Worth, Texas, doing what she does best: breaking another damn record. During the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, CNN reports that the four-time Olympic gold medalist took home her record seventh national women’s…
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Claressa Shields Gives Serena Williams Her Flowers: 'When I First Saw Her, That’s Who I Wanted to Be Like'
Claressa Shields, who last I checked is pretty damn good at beating the dog shit out of people, recently became boxing’s first-ever two-division, undisputed world champ after adorning Marie-Eve Dicaire’s face with her fists. And for her encore, she’ll be taking the plunge into mixed martial arts to deliver more pain and punishment on June…
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Olympic Gold Medalist Lee Evans Dead at 74
Lee Evans, who wore a black beret and lifted his fist in protest at the podium during the 1968 Olympics, has died at a hospital in Nigeria. He was 74. The Washington Post and USA Track and Field report that prior to his passing on May 19, Evans suffered a stroke and his family intended…
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I Don't Know What the Hell a Yurchenko Double Pike Is, But Simone Biles Just Became the 1st Woman to Ever Land One
Simone Biles, who prides herself on consistently doing otherworldly, Simone Biles things, just added another spectacular feat to her resume—because of course she did. On Saturday, while appearing in her first gymnastics meet since October 2019, CNN reports that the defending world champion gymnast completed a notoriously difficult move—the Yurchenko double pike—while competing at the…
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Serena Williams' Olympic Reign Is in Serious Jeopardy
Serena Williams is easily one of the greatest athletes of all time, and in serving double duty as one of the most decorated Olympians ever—her four medals (all gold) are eclipsed by only her sister Venus and Kathleen McKane Godfree, who each have five—it was a foregone conclusion that despite being 39 years old, she would…