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Five-Star Recruit Makur Maker Commits to Howard, 'Makes the HBCU Movement Real'
Real estate is cool, but if you want to make some real paper, you might want to look into college sports—provided you’re not a Black student-athlete. As I’ve reported here at The Root, the NCAA is big business for everybody but Black players, generating over a billion dollars in annual revenue—most of which comes from…
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Los Angeles Lakers Guard Andre Ingram’s Inspired Night Proves It’s Never Too Late to Chase Your Dreams
The Los Angeles Lakers’ newest addition, Andre Ingram, is living proof that no one should ever give up on their dreams. For 10 years Ingram played in near obscurity in the NBA’s G League. For 10 years Ingram bounced around the G League playing for the Utah Flash, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Perth Wildcats…
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Pro Basketball Players Kicked Off Flight for Allegedly Stealing 1st-Class Blankets That Were Given to Them
Add flying and receiving kindness to the ever growing list of things that black people can’t do. On Christmas Eve, two NBA G League players were kicked off their plane after a flight attendant accused them of stealing first-class blankets that weren’t allowed to be on their coach bodies. According to the New York Post,…