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For the first time ever, the University of Notre Dame will host an HBCU football team in a nationally televised game in 2023. Notre Dame football announced that it will host Tennessee State University (TSU) on Sept. 2, 2023, at Notre Dame Stadium. The game will also be airing nationally …

You may be too scared to eat her chicken, but Paula Patton is likely a very gracious hostess. At least, that’s what one would surmise from the actress’ very sweet response to the fried chicken fiasco that rocked social media early this week. Paula Patton presents an award onstage at …

A person holds up a photo of the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in commemoration of the 57th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama, on March 6, 2022.Photo: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP (Getty Images) Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge was initially named after Pettus, a …

“I am not at all sure that I know what Americanism really is,” the art critic Elisabeth Luther Cary told readers of The New York Times in 1936, “but so the case stands: Americanism really is, and, in art, Winslow Homer is its great exemplar.” There was little disagreement. His …

Recording artist Tory Lanez was taken into custody on Tuesday after appearing at a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom. A judge found that the Canadian artist violated the protective orders put in place in the felony assault case that alleges he shot Megan Thee Stallion in her feet almost …

Image: Court TV America loves true crime. Whether it’s a documentary or fictionalized, no form of entertainment is more popular right now. And looking to add her own twist to this phenomenon is journalist/talk show host Tamron Hall, who’s returning to the genre with the Court TV show Someone They …

A top-seeded tennis player was caught on video giving a face slap to his opponent after the match was over, bringing the memory of the recent Will Smith/Chris Rock altercation from last week to mind. According to Essentially Sports, after a recent tennis match between two players in Ghana, top-seeded …

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll speaks with reporters during a coaches press availability at the NFL owner’s meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.Photo: Rebecca Blackwell (AP) Pete Carroll seems to have developed his own, personal language for telling NFL owners he DGAF. …

Platinum-selling rapper Saweetie is all about female empowerment and is using her new Culture Consultant role with Champion to unite women and girls from all walks of life. Speaking with BLACK ENTERPRISE about her new “Get It Girl” campaign, Saweetie shares her passion for spreading girl power and how her …

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center in Greenville, Miss., after touring a small business, on Friday, April 1, 2022.Photo: Jon Alverson/The Delta Democrat Times (AP) One of Vice President Kamala Harris’ top aides is about to leave her staff, adding to a list of …