sports
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Atlanta Dream Unveils Franchise's 1st All-Black, All-Female Broadcast Team
Fans of the Atlanta Dream are in for a treat. As the team revealed on Monday night, a historic group will be announcing their home games this season. And by historic, I mean the franchise’s first all-Black, all-female announcer team. Look at all of this glorious melanin: The team will consist of LaChina Robinson and…
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Why Not? Twitter Erupts After Russell Westbrook Breaks Oscar Robertson's Triple-Double Record
After bullying boxscores for the past 13 seasons, Russell Westbrook has accomplished a feat that was once thought humanly impossible. On Monday night, the nine-time NBA All-Star etched his name in the record books when, after snatching his 10th rebound off of the rim with 8:30 remaining in the fourth quarter, he broke Oscar Robertson’s…
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Is This Your King?
It’s a privilege to play in the NFL, and while there are plenty of talented players deserving of such a prestigious honor, Tim Tebow has proven time and time and time again that he’s not one of them. But thankfully, he’s white, which, in America, oftentimes is more than enough to be rewarded with opportunities…
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Tampa Bay Lightning Makes NHL History by Starting an All-Black Forward Line
Toward the end of his legendary standup special Never Scared, Chris Rock goes into a bit about the history of slavery and how slave masters used breeding to try to create “super slaves” and how that continues to affect America today. “This is why Black people dominate every physical activity in the United States of…
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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…
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Kansas Baseball Coach Suspended, Facing Termination Over Allegations That He Told a Black Student to Turn Off His 'N-Word Music'
Another day, another mediocre white man joins the “You Bout to Lose Your Job” chorus line because he couldn’t keep his racism to himself. A high school baseball coach in Kansas has been placed on administrative leave and is facing the possibility of losing his job after he was accused of telling the only Black…
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Not a Single Player Taken in the 2021 NFL Draft Played for an HBCU. How Did That Happen?
The 2021 NFL Draft has come and gone. Yet despite the fact that nearly 260 players transitioned from college students to professional athletes throughout the course of that evening, there wasn’t a single one who was drafted from an HBCU. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Not a single one. Division III standout Quinn Meinerz got snatched up…
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Allyson Felix Leads With Love as She Prepares for Her Final Trip to the Summer Olympics
We live in a society of celebrity worship, in which human beings are far too often reduced to what they do instead of who they actually are. This happens all the time with athletes like LeBron James, who are celebrated for their feats on the court, yet admonished for having the audacity to speak out…
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If You've Been Longing for a Four-Hour Documentary About Mike Tyson, Your Prayers Have Finally Been Answered
Mike Tyson, who—at 54 years old, still somehow talks shit, smokes weed and beats people up for a living—is the subject of a new documentary, courtesy of the fine folks at ABC News. The upcoming four-hour doc (yes, you read that correctly) Mike Tyson: The Knockout “will chronicle the former champion’s climb, crash, and comeback,…