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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million to Minority Businesses

He’s won championships on the court, he’s started and grown businesses to hundreds of millions of dollars off the court and now he’s continuing to give back to our community in a big

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'Still Not 100 Percent': Utah Jazz Player Rudy Gobert Faces Lingering COVID-19 Symptoms Three Months After Diagnosis

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert may be forever associated with the NBA suspending its season in March because of

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Vinsanity: Vince Carter To Hang Up The Kicks After 22 NBA Seasons

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Wilson to become the official game ball of the NBA | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As of Wednesday, May 13, the Wilson Sporting Goods Company became the official game ball of the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, according to a league press

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Safe and Fun Summer Activities in the Age of the Coronavirus Pandemic

• All good examples of lower risk outdoor activities

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Naomi Osaka is the highest-paid female athlete ever

Naomi Osaka is now the highest-paid female athlete in 22, earned $37.4 million in the past 12 months from prize money and endorsements, which is $1.4 million more than Serena Williams

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Viral Video Of Black Boy Hiding From Police While He Shooting Hoops Catches LeBron James’ Attention

Surveillance video showing a young Black boy in Connecticut hiding from a police car as it drives by his house has gone viral for painting a tragic picture of the Black community’s fear of the

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Rwanda: Sports Ministry Mulls Ambitious Plan to Unearth, Nurture Talent

The Ministry of Sports has said that it is mulling new plans to unearth and nurture sports talent in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Vanessa Bryant Reveals Tattoos To Honor Kobe And Gianna

It has been nearly five months since Kobe and Gianna Bryant died tragically in a helicopter

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Giants of Africa Festival Moved to Next Year

The inaugural Giants of Africa Festival that was supposed to take place in Kigali this August has been postponed to 2021 over Covid-19

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Liberty University Basketball Star Leaves School Over President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Racially Insensitive Tweet

Basketball star Asia Todd is leaving Liberty University after the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., tweeted out a photo of blackface and the Ku Klux

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9th Annual ParkScore Released As Park Use Increases During COVID - Milwaukee Ranked 28th

The Trust for Public Land announced that reclaimed its position as the nation’s best park system

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Not all black people are African American. Here's the difference.

Black Lives Matter protests have opened up conversations about the history of privilege, racism, and the lived experiences and identities of black people in

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Documentary Stamps Prince George’s Basketball Skills | Afro

However, in the new documentary “Basketball County: In the Water,” area natives and basketball stars such as Kevin Durant, Victor Oladipo and Quinn Cook (all of whom served as executive producers) tell a story that emphasizes the immense athletic talent that emerges from Prince

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Prince George’s Will Reopen June 1, Alsobrooks Says

Prince George’s County restaurants, barbershops and salons can reopen next week, but with some restrictions, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said

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Source: The Washington Informer

Klay Thompson announced as Brand Ambassador of HUE for Every Man

HUE for Every Man announced today their partnership with professional basketball player, Klay

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Dwayne Wade Gets Emotional As His Son Zaire And Nephew Dahveon Morris Graduate High School Together

Dwyane Wade couldn’t help but get emotional when both his son Zaire and nephew Dahveon Morris walked down the aisle as 2020

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Jazz C Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original

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Rwanda: Kwibuka26 - Sports Fraternity Starts Week of Commemoration

The Ministry of Sports, Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee and different sports federations on Monday, June 1, began a week to commemorate the athletes who were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the

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#SummerReads: 14 Books By Black Authors To Add To Your Bookshelf

You’ve just got use your has selected 14 books by Black authors that are so necessary to read right now–from children’s books to romance

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Hall of Fame Baseball Great Claudell Washington, 65

Claudell Washington, a two-time Major League Baseball All-Star and World Series champion died Wednesday at the age of 65, losing a three year battle with prostate

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Dunk specialist Carter announces retirement after 22 seasons

(Reuters) – Atlanta Hawks guard Vince Carter officially announced his retirement from professional basketball yesterday after an NBA record 22-season career during which his high-flying dunks made him one of the game’s top players in his

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Voodoo leaders in Haiti concoct secret COVID-19 remedy

8|24 #MambaMentality

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Michael Jordan’s Big GIVE

Friday, June 12, the basketball icon Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand committed $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations assisting Black people with social justice and greater access to

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Kaylin Jones: A Champion Of the Children

But I see a different angle

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Magic Johnson Secures $100M For Minority-Owned Companies As Government Fails Black And Latino Small Business Owners

One of the greatest passers in basketball history has thrown his latest assist to Black and brown small business owners who have seemingly been excluded from the government’s apparently selective efforts to keep employees on companies’ payrolls during the coronavirus

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Spike Lee & Ray Allen Eyeing Zion Williamson For A “He Got Game” Sequel

The original He Got Game featured 2-time NBA champion Ray Allen when he was a fresh-faced 23-year-old on the Milwaukee Bucks in

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NFL Commissioner Goodell Encourages Team To Sign Kaepernick

Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this

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Source: Black America Web

Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as

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