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As a sports fan, this is my favorite time of year. PGA and MLB are starting to hit a stride, teams are making moves to prepare for NFL season, Lawrence Taylor is in trouble with the law…again, NHL Playoffs are starting to heat up, it’s almost time for the 2nd of the Tennis Grand Slam […]

(response to “NBA needs to teach guys like Arenas”) In the early hours of the Arenas debacle—the post-suspension one, commentators took to the airwaves, blogs, and news sites to talk about what changes the NBA would need to make, to not only teach Gilbert Arenas a lesson, but to teach all the other boys in […]

Former NBA star Magic Johnson is launching a new initiative to combat high school dropout rates in Chicago.Magic Johnson Lawndale Bridgescape Academy targets at-risk students aged 13-21, and the “Friends of Magic” program is an extension of the academy.

NBA star Dwyane Wade has partnered with Hip Hop artist Lecrae and a group of activists on “This Is Fatherhood,” a campaign promoting the importance of fatherhood. The campaign asks contestants to submit videos, songs, or essays that answer the question: “What does fatherhood mean to me?”

Editor’s Note: This essay contains discussion of domestic violence, sexual assault, and mentions of r/pe Eldridge Cleaver was a predator—a night stalker. He practiced on “black girls in the ghetto” where he knew the crimes would not be investigated before he eventually ventured across the tracks to methodically rape white women. “Rape was an insurrectionary […]

The past few weeks have been filled with problematic language, accusations and morally questionable legal practices related to a civil suit where NBA star Derrick Rose and two other men were accused of rape. This past Wednesday, he was found not liable of all charges by a jury of two men and six women. 

Changing our hair has never been enough to protect Black people from anything in this country. The mere notion is unfounded and problematic. But that hasn’t kept some especially respectable Negros from suggesting otherwise. Last week, educator and television personality, Dr. Steve Perry, came under fire for suggesting that young Black people, specifically young Black men, […]

President Obama is very passionate about creating mentoring programs for young people, especially young men, of color. His newest promotional video called “The Mentorship” – a feature for his My Brother’s Keeper initiative – features one of the most well-known faces in professional sports today: Steph Curry of the record-breaking Golden State Warriors. What is […]

  The Obama administration has launched a national campaign aimed at combatting campus sexual assault. The initiative calls on celebrities and athletes to mobilize college students, particularly young men, to speak up when they witness such vile acts. 

The University of Missouri’s defensive end Michael Sam will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this year’s ESPYs on July 16. Sam made history in February by becoming the first Division I college football player in history to come out as gay. 

  NBA star Kobe Bryant has responded to criticism that followed comments he made about the Miami Heat’s support of Trayvon Martin. In response to the Miami Heat’s support for Trayvon Martin by wearing hoodies in 2012, the Lakers star stated that African Americans should not immediately rush to the defense of a black person on the basis of race […]

    The USPS announced more names in its “celebrity line” of postage stamps. The USPS will release stamps featuring several notable people, including NBA star Wilt Chamberlain, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Michael Jackson.