Fifty years ago this week, “Buck White” opened, and very quickly closed. What does this footnote to theater history still have to tell us? [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] So, as the sportscaster Howard Cosell used to ask great boxers: What went wrong out there, champ? When the stage musical “Buck White” opened at the George Abbott Theater […]
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Halima Aden Is First Black Woman In Hijab To Grace Cover Of Essence Magazine | HuffPost
The model, who is Muslim, has broken multiple barriers in the fashion industry. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Model Halima Aden shattered yet another barrier in the fashion industry this week, becoming the first Black woman in a hijab to grace the cover of Essence magazine. Halima, who is Muslim, is featured on the front of Essence’s January […]
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Tracy McGrady Is Launching An Advisory Program To Keep Young Athletes From Going Broke | Forbes
When athletes turn pro, they’re often exposed to the kind of money they never could have imagined—and a newfound need to manage that money responsibly. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It can be hard to resist the temptation to spend lavishly and instead start thinking of the future, but that sort of lack of foresight has landed a […]
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Montgomery Co. Sports Hall of Fame’s inaugural class includes 2 Olympic gold medalists | Montgomery Community Media
Twenty-three years removed from her days as a gold medal-winning gymnast with the U.S. Olympic team in the 1996 Atlanta Games, Dominique Dawes still can’t stop moving. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As a mother of four small children, there is little time to reminisce about the old days. But Dawes is still making a positive impact in […]
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Herman Boone, high school football coach who inspired ‘Remember the Titans,’ dies at 84 | The Washington Post
Herman Boone, a trailblazing football coach who led Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High School to a Virginia state championship in 1971 and was later portrayed by Denzel Washington in the Hollywood film “Remember the Titans,” died Dec. 18 at his home in Alexandria. He was 84. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The cause was lung cancer, said his daughters, […]
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Leon Spinks: Boxing Legend, 66,Hospitalized & ‘Fighting For His Life’ | Hollywood Life
Boxer Leon Spinks, who rose to fame after beating Muhammad Ali over forty years ago, is hospitalized and reportedly fighting for his life. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] TMZ reported on December 11 that Leon’s conditions, which are being treated on at a Las Vegas hospital, are unclear but his family and friends are very concerned. His wife […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick | The New York Times
“Cancel culture” has always existed — for the powerful, at least. Now, social media has democratized it.
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Ethel Johnson, Early Black Wrestling Star, Is Dead at 83 | The New York Times
Beginning in the 1950s, she and her two athletic sisters helped expand the demographics of the ring.
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Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement | Black Enterprise
Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and increasing its value at […]
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The Cleveland Summit and Muhammad Ali: The true story | The Undefeated
Historic meeting organized by Jim Brown had an economic incentive
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