Category: Sports

JAY-Z Comments On Selecting Kendrick Lamar For Super Bowl Performance But Nicki Minaj Speaks Her Mind On Decision

Hip-hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar has had a great year after the contentious battle with Canadian superstar Drake. It has culminated with the announcement of being named the Super Bowl LIX’s halftime performer on February 9, 2025, in New Orleans. The person responsible for making that decision, JAY-Z has backed it with a statement after… Continue reading JAY-Z Comments On Selecting Kendrick Lamar For Super Bowl Performance But Nicki Minaj Speaks Her Mind On Decision

Charlotte To Host Inaugural Black College Invitational Championship In March 2025

A new basketball tournament featuring HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities) teams will be taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina in Spring 2025. The inaugural Black College Invitational Championship (BCIC) has been announced and will be played at the Bojangles Coliseum from March 20-23, 2025. 16 Division I and Division II teams from the Power… Continue reading Charlotte To Host Inaugural Black College Invitational Championship In March 2025

Bevel Announces 25K Business Grant To Invest Fest Vendor Double Dutch Aerobics

Bevel, the Black-owned, Atlanta-based grooming brand has announced the company has presented a $25,000 business grant to Double Dutch Aerobics. Bevel was the official grooming partner of the 4th annual Invest Fest, which took place on Aug. 23-25 in Atlanta at the Georgia World Conference Centre. Damon Frost, the company’s CEO announced the grant on… Continue reading Bevel Announces 25K Business Grant To Invest Fest Vendor Double Dutch Aerobics

Dallas Cowboys Make CeeDee Lamb Highest-Paid Wide Receiver In Franchise History

The Dallas Cowboys have announced that they have agreed to a multiyear deal with their star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. According to ESPN, the team came to terms with giving Lamb a four-year deal worth $136 million, effectively ending his holdout. This agreement keeps him with the Cowboys until the 2028 season. A $38 million… Continue reading Dallas Cowboys Make CeeDee Lamb Highest-Paid Wide Receiver In Franchise History

ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Heading To Howard University

ESPN’s First Take program is going on the road this semester and the first stop will be at Howard University. The channel announced that First Take will be broadcasting from several HBCUs when the debate show featuring Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe, and Molly Querin embarks with “First Take on The Road.” The team will… Continue reading ESPN’s ‘First Take’ Heading To Howard University

Michael Jordan’s Cincoro Tequila Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary In New York City

Michael Jordan, Emilia Fazzalari, Wyc Grousbeck, Wes Edens, Jeanie Buss

Cincoro Tequila Celebrates Five Years of Greatness with Star-Studded NYC Event and Unveiling of Limited-Edition Añejo Cristalino   New York, NY September 11, 2024– Cincoro Tequila, an award-winning portfolio of tequilas, celebrated its five-year anniversary with its five legendary founders and Team Cincoro co-owners last night in New York at Spring Studios. The intimate evening… Continue reading Michael Jordan’s Cincoro Tequila Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary In New York City

Deion Sanders Partners With BLK & Bold Specialty Beverages

NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is now a co-owner of a Black-owned coffee and tea company that is based out of Des Moines. BLK & Bold Specialty Beverages, co-founded by Rod Johnson and Pernell Cezar have announced that the Colorado Buffaloes football head coach has partnered with the company as co-owner and social change… Continue reading Deion Sanders Partners With BLK & Bold Specialty Beverages

Gary Payton Hired As College of Alameda Men’s Basketball Coach

Former NBA player, Gary Payton has been announced as the new head coach of the College of Alameda men’s basketball team. ESPN reported that the former Seattle SuperSonics guard, who was known as “The Glove” during his professional playing days will be leading the College of Alameda men’s basketball team after being the head coach… Continue reading Gary Payton Hired As College of Alameda Men’s Basketball Coach

Former NBA Player Glen Davis Given Extra Time To Report To Prison To Begin 3-Year Sentence

Former NBA player Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison on May 9 after being found guilty of trying to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan. A judge has allowed his sentence to be delayed until October 22 so he can complete a documentary about his life.… Continue reading Former NBA Player Glen Davis Given Extra Time To Report To Prison To Begin 3-Year Sentence

Football Player Myles Garrett Invests In Former NASA Scientist’s Energy Company

Cleveland Browns player Myles Garrett took up an unexpected endeavor when it was announced that he had invested in a National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee’s energy company. Johnson Energy Storage (JES), owned by former NASA Scientist, Dr. Lonnie Johnson, announced that the NFL defensive end has invested in the company.   View this post… Continue reading Football Player Myles Garrett Invests In Former NASA Scientist’s Energy Company

Rich Homie Quan Pursued Music Despite Being Offered Baseball Scholarship To Fort Valley State University

Rapper Rich Homie Quan died at an Atlanta hospital on Sept. 5, according to The Associated Press. With a successful career in hip-hop, it’s been recently revealed that the recording artist could have become a professional baseball player as he was offered a sports scholarship to Fort Valley State University, an HBCU in Fort Valley, Georgia.… Continue reading Rich Homie Quan Pursued Music Despite Being Offered Baseball Scholarship To Fort Valley State University

Deion Sanders Recruits Elevations Credit Union To Open Bank Accounts For Children Of Players on Football Team

NFL Hall of Famer and current University of Colorado Boulder football coach Deion Sanders has partnered with Elevations Credit Union to give eight of his football players with children a bank account and starting them off with $2,121. Elevations Credit Union posted a video of the football head coach speaking to the young fathers and… Continue reading Deion Sanders Recruits Elevations Credit Union To Open Bank Accounts For Children Of Players on Football Team

Charles Barkley Makes First Payment Of Promised $1M To New Orleans Prep School

In May, NBA Hall of Famer, Charles Barkley, after seeing “60 Minutes” feature two former students of a New Orleans school revealing the girls used trigonometry to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem, pledged to donate $1 million to the institution. The TNT analyst reportedly sent an installment of $100,000 recently to the school. According to… Continue reading Charles Barkley Makes First Payment Of Promised $1M To New Orleans Prep School

Allen Iverson Shows Up At Hampton University Football Game But Team Loses To Morgan State University

The legend of NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson started in his hometown of Hampton, Va. and Reebok’s Vice President of Basketball appeared there on August 31 to attend an HBCU football game. According to HBCU Gameday, the former Philadelphia 76ers player was in attendance when Hampton University played Morgan State University at both teams’… Continue reading Allen Iverson Shows Up At Hampton University Football Game But Team Loses To Morgan State University

Chicago Bears Settle Lawsuit With White Man After Complaint Of Not Getting ‘Legal Diversity Fellow’ Role

Jonathan Bresser, a student at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the NFL‘s Chicago Bears after they posted they were looking to fill a position for a “legal diversity fellow” and he claimed he was denied because he is a white man. The football team settled the case on August… Continue reading Chicago Bears Settle Lawsuit With White Man After Complaint Of Not Getting ‘Legal Diversity Fellow’ Role

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