sports
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LeBron James to Open School for at-Risk Youths
LeBron James has put Akron, Ohio, on his back. On Tuesday the Cleveland Cavaliers megastar announced that he will be partnering with Akron Public Schools to open a school to help at-risk children. The I Promise School will cater to third- and fourth-graders during 2018 and will expand to teach first through eighth grade by…
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Watch: Michelle Carter, the Shot-Put Diva, on Loving Your Body, No Matter Your Size
USA Track & Field star Michelle Carter walks into any space exuding confidence, with a bright smile, carefully combed tresses and a freshly beat face. Carter is the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the women’s shot put and an entrepreneur. Can you say, #BlackGirlMagic? But life hasn’t always been a crystal stair for this three-time…
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Black Twitter Roasts Chris Paul’s New Shoes
What are those? You would think that sneaker designers would have learned their lesson after social media erupted into a weeklong impromptu roast last year when Under Armour released the Steph Curry Twos (my favorite name was the “Let Me Speak to Your Manager 5s”). Nah, bruh. The black Twitter sneaker-roasting session has resumed—this time…
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Former Atlanta Braves Outfielder Still Missing
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Otis Nixon was last seen leaving his Woodstock Ga., home Saturday morning. He headed out in his 2011 gray Range Rover to play golf, and no one has seen or heard from him since. The Woodstock Police Department took to Facebook asking for help, noting that Nixon, 58, never arrived at…
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Watch: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Goes Full Cheerleader Mom After His Daughter’s Team Takes 2nd Place
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired from boxing, at least for now, but that doesn’t mean youth-cheerleading judges can’t catch these hands. It all went down like this: Mayweather was attending the Jamz Cheer and Dance competition in Irvine, Calif., on Sunday, according to TMZ Sports, to watch his 12-year-old daughter’s team compete. When he learned…
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Georgetown Hires Patrick Ewing as Head Basketball Coach, and That Was the Right Thing to Do
It’s about time Patrick Ewing became a head basketball coach. According to several reports, Ewing will take over the head coaching responsibilities at Georgetown University, where he played in the ’80s. The position of coach was left vacant after John Thompson III, son of Ewing’s former coach John Thompson Jr., was fired. The nepotism of…
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Just a Reminder: The NCAA Is a Plantation, and the Players Are the Sharecroppers
One of the biggest bait and switches ever pulled on American citizens was the ruse of collectively shared farming. It was a simple but effective long con. Farmers and plantation owners convinced newly freed slaves and poor people to work a portion of their land in exchange for a share of the harvest. In theory,…
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NFL Players Speak Out in Congress on Criminal-Justice Reform, Police Killings of Blacks
In the past few years, there has been an uptick in press coverage of police brutality targeting the African-American community, coupled with the already troubled and biased criminal-justice system that penalizes black people often and harshly. This, in turn, has brought a widely publicized rise in the mobilization of the black community and its allies…