Draymond Green may not have chosen the best phrasing to relay his displeasure over the lack of progress in closing the NBA/WNBA pay gap, but he’s getting the message out. The Golden State Warriors forward spoke with NBC Sports Bay Area reporter Kerith Burke recently and said he’s “really tired …
Read More »Fourth Grade Teacher, Xavier Alexander, Arrested in Palm Beach County After Soliciting Two-Year Old For Sex
On April 1, a Florida teacher was arrested and charged with “solicitation of a minor and traveling to meet a minor.” He is currently housed at the Main Detention Center in West Palm Beach. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBCSO), Xavier Dante Alexander, 28, allegedly attempted to …
Read More »Real Vroom Vroom Hours in This Week’s Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices
Image: Codemasters Happy Friday folks! If there’s one thing I love, it’s cars going stupid fast in an effort to be the very best that no one ever was. Today’s list is all about games that encourage you to go as fast as possible—and maybe solve some crimes in the …
Read More »A Black Army Rises to Fight the Racist Right
Photographs by Mark Peterson / Redux When Grandmaster Jay walked into Million’s Crab, a seafood joint in suburban Cincinnati, the waitstaff looked alarmed. Million’s Crab is a family restaurant, and on that placid November evening, Jay—the supreme commander of the Not Fucking Around Coalition—was wearing body armor rated to take …
Read More »CBS Sports To Highlight HBCUs On Men’s Final Four Weekend
March Madness is one of the most exciting events in the sports world, and it all comes to a head during the Final Four, where the last teams left standing battle it out for college basketball supremacy. On Sunday (April 4) the day after the NCAA Men’s Final Four, CBS …
Read More »Become A Better Leader With This Training Bundle On Emotional Intelligence
(Image via August de Richelieu/Pexels) 0 Being an effective leader doesn’t only entail dispensing directives to your team to achieve company goals. It requires emotional intelligence, which a lot of managers and key decision-makers don’t have. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, and connect to other people’s emotions …
Read More »7 Texas Cops Fired After Black Man Dies in Custody
Photo: Dan Henson (Shutterstock) Seven cops were fired on Thursday after a Black man died while being held in a Texas jail. According to the Associated Press, Marvin Scott III, 26, was arrested on March 14 at an Allen, Texas, outlet mall for marijuana possession. Officers initially took Scott to …
Read More »When Your Closest Friends Are From Elementary School
Beck: It seems pretty common for people to stay close with friends from high school or from college. But it’s less common to hear about people who are still in touch with friends from elementary school. What kind of unique value do you think it brings to your life, to …
Read More »Derek Chauvin Trial: Daily Updates in George Floyd Case
The Hurt is So Deep 6:00 p.m. How has the trauma and grief of re-living George Floyd’s death affected those witnesses and the rest of Black America? Journalists Mara Schiavocampo, Wesley Lowery, and Keith Reed of the Run Tell This podcast are joined by Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Correspondent And Host of …
Read More »The late George Floyd’s girlfriend moved to tears on witness stand, recalls relationship and struggles
The high-profile care against Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer charged in the death of George Floyd, appears to be an emotional ordeal for individuals like Courteney Ross. CBS News reported that Ross was first on the stand, on the fourth trial day. Ross was George Floyd’s girlfriend. She …
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