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Adrien Broner Is Boxing With Death and I Hope He’s Got Another Round in Him
It’s time for Adrien Broner to grow up and get serious about his boxing gift before it’s too late. The former four-division titlist at one time appeared to be the heir to Floyd Mayweather’s throne, but a series of arrests, allegations and, not to mention, losses inside the ring have dashed such hopes. Last week…
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Ky. Police Release Video of Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Man Almost Immediately After Telling Him to Put His Hands Up
The Louisville (Ky.) Metro Police Department has released body-camera video showing the shooting of an unarmed black man that occurred almost immediately after an officer shouted at him to put his hands up. According to the Courier-Journal, Police Chief Steve Conrad said that he was reserving judgement until the completion of an internal investigation after…
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Ky. Deputy Sheriff Suspended After Racist, Islamophobic Facebook Post
Racists never learn, do they? A Boyd County, Ky., deputy sheriff was given the “maximum disciplinary action” after posting a racist, Islamophobic message to Facebook. Boyd County Sheriff Bobby Woods confirmed that the problematic post came from a deputy but declined to name the deputy involved, the Associated Press reports. The deputy was suspended for…
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‘Go Back Wherever the F–k You Came From’: Ky. Woman Caught in Racist Rant Against Hispanic Shoppers
The Jefferson Mall in Louisville, Ky., is planning to ban a woman who was caught on video hurling racist remarks at two Hispanic customers, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The video, which was originally posted on Facebook by Renee Buckner on Tuesday night, showed the unidentified white woman verbally blasting the Hispanic women in line at a…
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2 Killed at Popular Ky. Thanksgiving Football Game
Thanksgiving Day ended in tragedy when two people were shot and killed and four others wounded at an annual turkey-day football game in Louisville, Ky. Relatives and friends of the dead and wounded could be seen crying inconsolably on video taken by media outlets. CNN reports that the shootings happened shortly before 2 p.m., during the…
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Olympic Sprinter Tyson Gay Speaks for the 1st Time Since His Daughter's Death
Speaking for the first time since his daughter’s death, Tyson Gay told a crowd of friends and family gathered at an emotional candlelight vigil in Lexington, Ky., Monday night that he wanted to see an end to “senseless” violence. “I don’t want to read in the paper next week about another senseless killing. It has…
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Ky. High School Apologizes After Assignment on the N-Word
A high school in Lexington, Ky., is apologizing after an assignment focused on questions surrounding the use of the n-word, WKYT reports. According to the report, Kiarah Raglin, a freshman at Lafayette High School, was given the assignment in English class last week, prior to fall break. According to school Principal Bryne Jacobs, the assignment…
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Watch: Judge Goes Off After Black Woman Appears in Her Court Without Pants
In a sad story making its rounds on social media, a black woman who appears to be wearing no pants for a court date gets serious backing from the judge—a woman—she stood before, a jurist who was truly irate at the state of her appearance. WDRB reports that the unidentified inmate was brought to Jefferson…
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Ky. Teens Mow Lawns for Free
It was meant to be a punishment. Kentucky mom Barbara Wilson said that she tried to punish her son Travis Durham by making the teen mow lawns for free. She told Travis to mow a couple of their neighbors’ yards. However, according to WDRB, Travis ended up loving the job so much that by the time…
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Interfaith Funeral Service for Muhammad Ali Will Be Held Friday
The final funeral service for “the Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. EDT, and former President Bill Clinton, comedian Billy Crystal and journalist Bryant Gumbel will present eulogies, PBS Newshour reports. Pallbearers for the service will include former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and actor Will Smith, who played Ali in the 2001…