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Oklahoma School District Apologizes for High School Basketball Announcer Who Called Players' Names 'Pretty Disgusting'

It took a moment to register just what, exactly, the announcer had said. At a girls’ basketball district championship game at Newkirk High School in Oklahoma last Friday, the visiting players from Crooked Oaks High School were getting ready to come onto the court. Before announcing the lineup, however, Newkirk’s announcer had a disclaimer: “Their…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

February 24, 2020
Beauty + Style

The Auburn Women's Basketball Team Just Blessed Us All with a Legendary Locker Room Dance-Off

I honestly don’t have much to say other than: I love us. I don’t want dance floor smoke with the Auburn Women’s Basketball Team. Nick Saban and the rest of the Crimson Tide could never. They won the game. Did I mention how much I love us? Behold the #BlackGirlMagic

By

Jay Connor

Published

January 12, 2019
University of Missouri Athletic Director Claims South Carolina Fans Spit at and Yelled the N-Word at Women’s Basketball Team

The University of South Carolina Gamecocks and University of Missouri Tigers don’t like each other, and that’s a good thing, especially when it comes to sports. Natural rivalries are what makes sports entertaining, but on Sunday that intensity turned ugly as several reports claim that South Carolina fans spit at and hurled racial slurs at…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 31, 2018
Watch the Most Amazing 2-Hand Overhead Buzzer-Beater Ever

I don’t know if University of Maryland women’s basketball star Destiny Slocum could hit this shot again if she wanted to, but during the Terps’ rout of West Virginia to advance to the Sweet 16, Slocum chucked a 70-foot two-hand overhead shot right before halftime. It wasn’t just the shot that was amazing; it was…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 20, 2017