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An 18-year-old man says he was traumatized after being thrown in jail for four days. West Virginia State University freshman and football receiver Jawon Johnson was arrested after being pulled over by Havre de Grace police for an improper U-turn.

Is Iyanla Van Zant forever and ever protected by the shield of God Oprah Winfrey, ever since she got on the God’s show and groveled before a studio audience? If that’s the case, the lack of clap back for an under-reported story would make sense. Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, The Root reported on an […]

  Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin will not return to the NFL for the rest of the league’s season. Martin left the team in October after accusing teammates of violently harassing him.

The superintendent of the city’s schools and three other adults have been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the Steubenville rape case. A 16-year-old girl was raped by members of Steubenville’s high school football team in 2012.

Fashion designer, Peggy Noland’s most recent line of clothing at her Kansas City boutique features a dress with the image of talk show queen Oprah’s head photo-shopped onto nude bodies that vary from skinny to obese. The imagery is taken to the absurd with one Oprah face detailed as a KISS face.  There is a […]

We’ve been following the Miami Dolphins’ bullying case starring a dude whose real name is actually Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin here on the BYP, because sports–and sports stories–are never entirely about sports. I’m repeating myself and others when I say that sports is a microcosm of the culture, and this issue is no exception. […]

Home Depot apologized for a racist tweet sent from its Twitter account Thursday. The tweet was part of the company’s “College Gameday” coverage on ESPN. The tweet featured two African-American drummers with a drummer wearing a gorilla mask in between them.

Suspended Miami Dolphins player Richie Incognito says that his actions against former teammate Jonathan Martin “were coming from a place of love.” Martin walked away from the NFL team amid charges of being bullied by Incognito.

Jonathan Martin is a 6-foot-5 315 pound offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins. Several days ago, however, Martin left the Dolphins’ practice facility and hasn’t returned. Now, reports are coming in that Martin was the target of bulling and abuse from teammates.

Penn State University will pay a total of $59.7 million to 26 victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The school also indicated that more settlements could come in the future. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in June 2012.

Twerking is the new electric slide of our time. While the dance has been claimed by Miley Cyrus, broken down by scientists and featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, for the most part the move has managed to keep a bit of a low profile in the arena of controversy. That was until rapper Monsta.

When news broke that 24-year-old former FAMU student Jonathan Ferrell was killed by police last month, the subject of police brutality was once again pushed into national spotlight. Now police departments across the country are criticizing those charges.