On the big day when the NBA enshrines Kobe Bryant among its most elite players in history, his most celebrated former teammate won’t be watching. Shaquille O’Neal explained Wednesday (April 15) on his podcast that watching the Aug. 29 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony would make him too …
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Black News Channel, which just launched nationwide two months ago, just lost its CEO and co-founder, Bob Brillante, according to an announcement by Black News Channel. Bob Brillante, a BNC co-founder, has stepped down from his position as CEO to pursue other opportunities. Chairman and co-founder, J.C. Watts, Jr. will …
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CHICAGO, IL – JANUARY 28: A sign hangs outside of a Shake Shack restaurant on January 28, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The burger chain, with currently has 63 locations, is expected to go public this week with an IPO priced between $17 to $19 a share. The company will trade …
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A 5-year-old Michigan girl who complained to her parents of a headache a month ago has died after contracting coronavirus. According to The Detroit News, Skylar Herbert’s parents—who are both Detroit first responders—took her to a pediatrician on March 23rd after she started complaining about a headache that wouldn’t …
Read More »Photo: Streeter Lecka (Getty Images) Dion Waiters can’t get right. Try as he may, the 28-year-old NBA star has yet to fully capitalize on his tremendous athleticism and natural scoring ability. As a result, he’s pinballed between the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Miami Heat and the Los …
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A young, Karen in training who appeared to have trouble minding her business while scrolling through Twitter one day caught a lot of heat on the platform after she called herself “introducing” black women to Sally’s website to use as an actual resource during the COVID-19 pandemic. Black Americans …
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The second problem with Biden’s attempt at ideological jujitsu is that, as with the crime bill, vulnerable people may get hurt. Democratic presidential candidates have bashed China before. But this isn’t an ordinary moment. The coronavirus—and Trump’s racist rhetoric about it—have sparked a horrifying rise in attacks on Chinese Americans …
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The woman who accused The Game of sexual assault and was awarded $7 million is going to get her money one way or another … but The Game says not on his watch! According to court documents obtained by All Hip Hop, Priscilla Rainey has been granted ownership of …
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Retired NBA champion Matt Barnes will be in the house for BET’s House Party series on Instagram Live this Monday (April 20). Barnes played in the NBA for several teams in a career that spanned from 2003 to 2017. He founded the nonprofit organization Athletes vs. Cancer to defeat the …
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(Photo: Courtesy of VeriHeal) Former corporate Fortune 500 coworkers, and serial entrepreneurs Joshua Green and Samuel Adetunji took their passion for technology, business, and cannabis to create the innovative Cannatech platform Veriheal – providing medical marijuana cards to patients. Cannatech platforms like Veriheal — formerly named OnePath Medical — are …
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