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LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers orchestrated the highest scoring first quarter in the history of the NBA Finals on Friday, but there’s a good chance a lot of fans missed a big chunk of it. Instead of watching the Cavs drop 49 points, a lot of us were stuck staring at our phones and […]

By: Taylor Bogert, Kiara Hyde, Chelsea Jackson (BYP Fellows)   Can a Black person ever truly outrun racism? NBA superstar LeBron James found out the hard way when his California home was defaced by an unidentified person who spray painted the n-word on his front gate—the eve of the NBA Finals. James talked thoughtfully about […]

Just a few days before the start of the NBA Finals, LeBron James was forced to step away from basketball with the shocking reminder that racism knows no bounds. The future hall of famer spoke to the press after it was revealed that someone spreay-painted racial slurs on the front gate of his Los Angeles […]

Adam Jones appreciates the history of black baseball players and what they went through. If not for them, he may not have gotten the chance to be where he is now: playing centerfield for the Baltimore Orioles. To offer his thanks, Jones donated $20,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City during a visit last […]

The distrust between police officers and people of color doesn’t go away just because they’ve obtained fame and increased added commas to their bank accounts. They still feel the tension in the communities and are often harassed and wrongfully arrested themselves. To prove that they’re not removed from the international dialogue on police violence, a group of […]

Baltimore police are investigating the shooting death of Alphonza Watson, a 38-year-old Black trans woman.

In just a couple of decades, the system of college athletic recruitment has had a major facelift. It was once almost a cliche for recruiters to regularly visit low-income households and court the talented children of parents who never went to college. Today, recruiters appear to be more focused on athletes that can get into better […]

Former NBA All-Star Amare Stoudemire is under a massive wave of criticism for making some homophobic statements during a recent interview. When he was asked what he’d do if he found out he had a gay teammate, he made it clear he’d go out of his way to avoid him.

By Jasmine Banks “Taking the high road” is a myth and a distraction from revolution. It wasn’t even two days after the United States of America established Donald Trump as president that calls to “take the high road” started. The calls came from white folks who did and didn’t vote for Trump and Black folks […]

This evening, the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers will head to Madison Square Garden to play a New York Knicks team that’s looking to further prove itself as a legitimate competitor in the East. But neither of these are the main storyline of the night. Instead, the biggest pre-game headline concerns what’s happening long before tip-off. LeBron James […]

While football players have been protesting the National Anthem for months, the basketball season just started and it’s also getting a taste of the movement. But there’s a noticeable difference between the two sports. The NBA appears to be doing all it can to prevent the movement from spreading. The latest evidence of the NBA […]

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.