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Black Male Athletes Who Are Married to Beautiful Black Women
Notable athletes including LeBron James, Jalen Hurts, and Mookie Boots all have lovely Black women by their side.
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Championship Excellence: The Best Athletes of 2023
LeBron James, Simone Biles, Coco Gauff and Tyreek Hill delivered all-star, championship performances in 2023.
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Denzel Washington Honors Jackie Robinson at MLB All-Star Game
‘No. 42 blazed a trail that would light the way for people of every walk of life and every color,’ the iconic actor said.
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After Jackie Delves into the Second Wave of Black Players That Improved Racial Equality Post-Jackie Robinson
The Root spoke to Andre Gaines, the director, and Stanley Nelson, one of the executive producers, about the making of the two-hour documentary.
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Colorado Rockies Open Investigation After Fan Allegedly Hurls Racial Slur at Miami Marlins Outfielder Lewis Brinson
Major League Baseball doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record when it comes to race relations, and this latest incident doesn’t help.
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C.C. Sabathia Spills the Tea on What It's Like to Be Black in Major League Baseball: 'This Sport Is Not for Us'
The six-time MLB All-Star gets a few things off his chest in his new memoir, ‘Till the End.’
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The Day Sports Stood Still Proves Athletes Reserve the Right to Be Human, Too
For as far back as I can remember, I’ve always had a symbiotic relationship with sports. Whether it was throwing the football around in my neighbor’s backyard as a child, or getting clowned at basketball tryouts as an 8th grader because my sneakers had holes in them, or my father chasing me around the house…
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Mookie Betts Details MLB's Failures to Address Social Injustice, Become More Inclusive: They 'Did Not Do a Good Job'
I sure as hell ain’t the only Black person who works at The Root, but I’ve definitely had more of my fair share of being the only one in the room throughout the course of my life. So I can only imagine what MLB superstar Mookie Betts goes through every single day while playing baseball—one…
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HBO's The Day Sports Stood Still Has All the Ingredients for Must-See TV
I think we can all recall the exact moment when the coronavirus disrupted our day-to-day lives. And for many of us, that confusion, dread and uncertainty has lingered in the 12 months (and counting) since. Gone are mainstays like concerts or family nights at the movies, and they’ve been replaced by outdoor-only dining as bustling…
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Now That Kelly Loeffler Has Lost Her Senate Seat, LeBron James Would Love Nothing More Than for Her to Lose Her Ownership Stake in the WNBA, Too
I think it’s safe to say that anybody who openly rails against the Black Lives Matter movement, insists that politics and sports shouldn’t intertwine, or sponsors a bill that targets transgender athletes is a less than ideal fit for owning a WNBA franchise. But because the devil is busy, none of the above has precluded…