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In a huge move of generosity, Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets has taken it upon himself to pay the tuition of a few students at Lincoln University. The 9 students from the Pennsylvania HBCU will have their tuition paid in full from the Brooklyn Nets point guard’s 11 days of giving campaign. A Tweet […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state and the team have reached an agreement on a pilot program allowing for some fans to be present at the first playoff game. The details of the pilot program are, about 6,700 season ticket holders will be allowed in the stadium. Masks and distancing will be required. Tests will be […]
The Associated Press just named LeBron James and Naomi Osaka Athletes of the Year. They are being honored for their dedication to their craft and accomplishments in their field as well as their response to the social climate through activism. Per NBC News: “LeBron James told the world in 2020 that Black Lives Matter. He […]
Motorsports coach and manager Rod Reid has announced the development of a Black-owned race team that will be hiring Black engineers, drivers and mechanics to compete at the 2021 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship – the first step towards the NTT IndyCar series. The team is called Force Indy and they are partnering up with Penske […]
The NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, NFL’s Green Bay Packers, and MLB’s Milwaukee Brewers, are working with Microsoft Corp., creating the Equity League. A networking initiative with an emphasis on supporting Black and Latino entrepreneurs. Packers officials say 1% of venture capital-backed startups have Black founders and less than 2% are Latino. Only 3% of employees at […]
Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are getting rid of their team name. According to David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times. Cleveland’s official announcement regarding the change could come this week, sources told Waldstein and Schmidt. Cleveland has used the controversial name since 1915. The franchise already stopped using the “Chief Wahoo” logo […]
Since his recent ACL injury back in October, Odell Beckham Jr. has had plenty of time to take on other endeavors while he’s busy healing up. The three time Pro Bowler has since become a professional streamer, joining up with colleagues like Dr. Disrespect and sharing all of his hours on Call of Duty with […]
Vicki Johnson has been hired by the Dallas Wings to be their new head coach, making her the first and only Black woman currently holding the title in the entire WNBA, which is made up of 70% Black players. The turnaround comes after coach Brian Agler couldn’t take the Wings to the playoffs last season […]
For the first time in their NBA careers, Rochester natives Thomas Bryant and Isaiah Stewart will be playing against each other — an event 60 years in the making. On Friday the first half of the 2021 NBA schedule was released and it showed the first of three Wizards vs Pistons matchups. The last time […]
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has finally announced that basketball legends Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan will be inducted in May 2021. The induction was originally supposed to take place in August, but since COVID-19 has stuck around for so long, it kept getting postponed. Now ESPN is reporting that the […]
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