LeBron James
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Madam C.J. Walker Makes It to Netflix: Octavia Spencer to Play America's First Black Beauty Mogul
Here’s a television event bound to be binge-worthy: on Sunday, Netflix announced an upcoming limited series event on the life of black hair-care pioneer and self-made millionaire Madam C.J. Walker, starring Octavia Spencer as the famed mogul. The show is executive produced in part by Spencer and LeBron James, and based on the book On…
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Everything You Missed At The ESPYs
Like any award show, the ESPYs was filled with some amazing and some not so amazing looks. The award show, hosted by ESPN, took place in Los Angeles with Danica Patrick as host of the event’s 26th edition—the first women to serve the role. Many deserving athletes took home awards in various categories such as…
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LeBron James Is Already the Greatest Laker of the 21st Century
It seems unfair for one sports franchise to receive such fortune. With LeBron’s decision to move to Los Angeles, eight of the NBA’s top 20 players ever will have played for the Lakers while in their prime. For much of this spring and summer—shit, for much of his career—LeBron’s place in the NBA’s legacy hierarchy…
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LeBron James Joins the Los Angeles Lakers With a $154 Million Deal
LeBron fans will soon have a new team to root for! King James will be taking his talents to the Los Angeles Lakers and leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers behind. James will be playing on a four-year, $153.3 million contract, his agency, Klutch Sports Group announced on Sunday. This will be the longest deal that James…
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Power Is Finally Back. I Can't Wait For Every Character to Die
(This article contains mild spoilers. Very mild.) Power is one of those shows that is must-see television for me. I’ve been waiting all year for its return so my nephew and I can get back to our after-show debates and commiserate on what shenanigans just ensued. I love the show. But I must admit, I…
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I Don’t Trust Black Men Who Hate LeBron James
Of course, Golden State’s NBA Finals victory over Cleveland has delivered joy to many different (and occasionally overlapping) groups of people, including but not limited to: Warriors fans. Fans of teams such as the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers and any other place that might have a decent shot at landing…
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LeBron James Is Finally Free From Cleveland and It Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer City
It all started with a phone call. “Hey, if I can get you a Cavs ticket for Friday, would you come?” It was one of my former students, offering me a chance to sit in the Quicken Loans Arena’s executive suites, eat free chicken wings and hobnob with some high-rolling political-type folks. This just another…
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Exactly Zero Women Landed on Forbes’ List of 100 Highest-Paid Athletes This Year
For the first time since compiling its catalog of top-paid athletes, Forbes counts nada-one woman on this year’s list. That’s right: Serena Williams takes some time off to have a baby, and boom, it’s an all-dude bonanza, which tells you a little something about the pay disparity between male and female athletes on the whole.…
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10 Still-Angry Observations From an NBA Finals Game 1 That Made Me Want to Break Things and Fight People
1. Jordan Clarkson hoops like how the screen would look in the ’90s when you tried watching porn on a pay-per-view channel you didn’t order. 2. I don’t know when exactly the Golden State Warriors became so fucking insufferable, but during Game 1, I realized that I hate them as much as I hate the…
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The NBA Finals Are Just a Contest to See Who Wins the Chance to Refuse Trump’s White House Invitation
Perhaps if the Boston Celtics had beaten the Cleveland Cavs or if the Houston Rockets hadn’t morphed into rancid Twizzlers in the second half Monday night, we’d have a more competitive NBA Finals ahead of us. I don’t believe the Celtics could have beaten the Golden State Warriors, but they have enough long, bouncy and…