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In Rocky IV, Ivan Drago only has nine lines. But one of them stuck: "If he dies, he dies," which he delivers after beating Apollo Creed. (Spoiler alert: Creed dies.)
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Jemele Hill’s tweet said it perfectly: “The NBA season is going to be cancelled because of racism, not COVID. Think about that.”
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Poverty strikes everyone from the uber-educated to the folks that went straight into the workforce after high school. COVID has become the equalizer. Regardless of background, we are going through similar things.
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John Lewis is gone.
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The ‘rona makes you do crazy things. Unable to leave the house and with much time on my hands and bottles of Jack that needed sipping, I decid…
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Protests around the country responding to the death of George Floyd have produced swift changes.
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I got more than two dozen check-ins via phone, text and Facebook on Friday. I hadn’t had this many people asking if I was OK since my beloved …
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I hate chitlins (proper spelling: chitterlings).
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Michael Jordan is the GOAT. He’s also the ratings GOAT during COVID-19, with the ESPN documentary The Last Dance about his final championship …
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The other day, I posted an article on rapper and friend J-Live’s Facebook feed. The article, “Killer Mike Won't Reopen His Barbershops Despite…
If you don’t get out of these socially distanced days with a six-pack or speaking Spanish, it’s OK.
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In February, undefeated boxers Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury had their highly anticipated rematch after their first bout ended in a draw. Wild…
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This has to be the worst season ever for the NBA. Between the league getting in hot water with China when Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey issue…
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Instead of being extra black, I feel that we can use Black History Month as kind of an airing of grievances — like Festivus, but for black folks.
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I sit here numb and unable to find the right words to express how I feel about Kobe Bryant being dead at 41. I'm leaking confidence and feel a…
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I remember watching Showtime at the Apollo as a child. Broadcast from the famed Harlem theater, the show focused on the venue’s amateur night,…
This past February, eventual No. 1 NBA Draft pick Zion Williamson and his Duke Blue Devils played a college basketball game against their riva…
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Full disclosure: Jay-Z is my favorite rapper of all time.
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It's the Fourth of July again. And as a black man in the South, I feel conflicted.
Colin Kaepernick is the face of Nike’s latest campaign celebrating 30 years of “Just Do It.” So now, some people are boycotting Nike for featu…
When I got the notification on my phone that read “Aretha Franklin is dead,” I got a pit in my stomach the same as I feel when losing a family…
I’m not a betting man, but I would guarantee that at every black barbershop in the country, patrons and barbers have had the “GOAT” discussion.
I was a born hustler. At age 12 I had my own hip-hop newsletter where I would contact underground hip-hop artists and interview them. Sunday a…
Being a hip-hop performer in Columbia is an uphill battle. Things are better now, but I’ll be 35 years old in August and my first time on stag…
Should compassion come with an asterisk? Sort of like the asterisk Roger Maris had after he broke Babe Ruth’s single season record of 61 home …
According to Kanye West, our ancestors were pussies.
My father is LaVar Ball. Not literally, but in that he’s a proud and outspoken black father. I believe that if I was a prospect in the 2017 NB…
There aren’t many people that I admire more than my father, Alfonso Jacobs Sr. He may read this with surprise, as growing up with him may have…
