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Jemele Hill inks deal with new sports company Meadowlark Media
Sports journalist Jemele Hill has been named as one of the new creative advisers to Meadowlark Media. Meadowlark Media is a content venture created in January and led by former…
Read MoreMarsai Martin and Jemele Hill to host Black ABC news series ‘Soul of a Nation’
Jemele Hill and Marsai Martin will be guest hosts on ABC’s new six-episode news series showcasing Black life in America called “Soul of a Nation.” Topics discussed will include spirituality,…
Read MoreJemele Hill roasted for asking Jake Paul if TKO of Nate Robinson was racist
Former ESPN reporter Jemele Hill vaulted to the top of the right-wing hate list when she called the president of the United States a “White supremacist” in 2017. Hill added…
Read MoreJemele Hill faces mixed reaction for saying America was as bad as Nazi Germany
Former ESPN sports reporter Jemele Hill is taking incoming fire on Twitter after she tweeted that American society was as bad as Nazi Germany. In a tweet Hill posted on…
Read MoreJemele Hill and Cari Champion give advice to undecided voters
Jemele Hill and Cari Champion are two of the most prolific voices in media today. Besides being veteran journalists and boasting stellar careers at ESPN, the self-proclaimed BFFs have consistently…
Read MoreJemele Hill, Ava DuVernay, celebs blast NFL for uttering George Floyd’s name
The National Football League got put on blast by celebrities after it offered condolences for the police-involved deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor that have inspired a…
Read MoreFans irate Diddy invited Amy Schumer and Shaun King to ‘family meeting’ (video)
Music and media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs incited quite the social media frenzy when he called for an”emergency family meeting” on Zoom and invited White comedian Amy Schumer to the…
Read MoreJemele Hill called racist for encouraging top Black athletes to attend HBCUs
Jemele Hill created a firestorm on social media after writing an article that encouraged top Black athletes to support HBCUs. Hill recently published “It’s time for Black athletes to leave…
Read MoreThe top 10 Black women sports journalists in 2018
Last year, rolling out released a list of the top 10 Black women in sports journalism. This year, there continued to be an overwhelming amount of quality work produced by…
Read MoreJemele Hill discusses taking risks, superpowers and newfound success
Jemele Hill isn’t your average talking head. The ex-ESPN “SportsCenter” co-anchor blends the lines of sports and politics with ease, is a culture creator, and a successful sports journalist who isn’t…
Read MoreBritt Henry says she was demoted at ESPN because she’s White
People are waking up Monday morning to the news that a former White employee at ESPN actually proferred the dubious claim that she was demoted at the predominantly White sports…
Read MoreJemele Hill is the most important voice in sports journalism
In 2017, the entire nation remained on edge mostly due to the political climate. Donald Trump’s first year in office was marred by multiple scandals, White House firings, and divisive…
Read MoreJemele Hill tells her side of the story at Atlanta Hawks’ MOSAIC
Since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, the nation has experienced multiple incidents of overt racism and discrimination. At the same time, individuals who oppose things they know to be…
Read More‘Disrupting’ the peace with Jemele Hill
Disruption was the theme for the Atlanta Hawks’ third annual symposium. Keynote speaker Jemele Hill spoke about being a minority in the sports industry, dealing with the backlash from the president,…
Read MoreBig Sean, Emagine and Jemele Hill send Detroit students to see ‘Black Panther’
Big Sean, Emagine theaters and Jemele Hill collaborated in a major way with Eminem, the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Lions and the Ford Fund to surprise 900 Detroit Public…
Read MoreESPN’s Jemele Hill refuses to take Sage Steel’s bait after she shaded Hill
ESPN’s lightning rod Jemele Hill is a true Detroit native. The fighting spirit of Motown flows through her veins like so many red blood cells — meaning that she doesn’t…
Read MoreThe top 10 Black women sports journalists in 2017
The fact that Black women aren’t appreciated enough in America remained to be one of the more obvious statements in 2017. With all due respect to the consistent staples of Pam…
Read MoreMichigan’s Jim Harbaugh shades Mark Dantonio; ESPN’s Jemele Hill claps back
Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh had some choice words for Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio over his “beating Michigan” remark during a recent press conference. When asked about…
Read MoreSerena and Venus Williams host ‘A Family Affair’ at SETLC in Washington, DC
Presented by Oath, Serena and Venus Williams hosted their “A Family Affair” event at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) in Washington, D.C. It was a day of tennis,…
Read MoreESPN to fire over 100 staffers; ‘SportsCenter’ to get hit hardest
Is this the end of the ESPN mega-brand as we know it? Or did we already witness the sports news giant’s power peak in the recent past? After surviving the…
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