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Obama and NBA collaborate for Basketball Africa League
On Saturday, the NBA announced the formation of the Basketball Africa League, one of it's largest projects in years. Former President Barack Obama is expected to be heavily involved in the 12-team collaboration between the NBA and FIBA that's expected to open January 2020. Although there are many professional teams in Africa, they aren't unified. ...
Jackie Robinson, the legend, the inspiration
For those that saw the movie 42, staring journeyman actor Chadwick Boseman, you know that as a baseball movie it was geared exclusively towards Jackie Robinson's journey to his first start for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. That marked the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that held Black players to the ...
Meet the Dorsey’s
Jalen and Shelby Dorsey are not your average couple. They are, however, one of the most unique couples that I have ever had the pleasure of interacting with. Jalen, aka DJ LiTEBRiTE, has become a popular DJ in the south-central region and Shelby is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. One of the most unique things ...
History of blackface and why many University of Oklahoma students are fed up
https://youtu.be/WuRQLGTQ5qs Students at the University of Oklahoma marched for justice after two blackface incidents on the college's campus. The #BetterTogether march led and organized by junior political science major Aurelius Miles Francisco, Destinee Dickson and fellow members of OU's Black Student Association was carried out to put further pressure on the campus' leaders, specifically the ...
Man in the mirror
”I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you want to make the world a better place Take a look at yourself, and then make a change” Michael Jackson (Man in the mirror) Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving has ...
2018’s Most Slept on Albums that You Need in 2019
The year 2018 had some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B albums that have been released in a number of years, including some legitimate rap beefs that have helped make hip-hop become relevant for the right reasons. Even still with the spotlight on many big-name artists like Drake, The Carters, Kanye West and more, there ...
The Trend That Just Won’t Go Away
I'm not one who personally believes in reincarnation, yet I do believe that the phenomena of reincarnation is something that fashion houses are obsessed with. Within the past 5 years, fashion has resurrected thousands upon thousands of trends that were once dead to us all. I mean unless you're blind then surely you've seen the ...