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If the National Basketball Association‘s season does not restart this year, the league could crown a champion without the benefits of a playoff system to determine the winner. Nothing in the NBA bylaws prevents the league and its owners from voting on a league champ for the 2019-2020 season, The New York Times reports. The…

Just as rumors began to swirl that NBA superstar Kevin Durant might take the court should the NBA end its unprecedented suspension, the all-world forward has announced that he has contracted the very virus that instigated the postponement of the 2020 season. Durant, who tore his Achilles tendon in the NBA Finals as a member…

Gregg and Nene Leakes. (Image source: Instagram – @neneleakes) Fans of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes will not be pleased on Sunday evening when they learn that the reality star OG has been left out of another episode. According to Love B. Scott, Leakes, the lone cast member who has starred in the…

Disgraced NFL superstar free agent Antonio Brown is treading on dangerous ground as he promotes the inflammatory album No White Women 2020 – even as the NFL contemplates a long suspension against him. The wide receiver has already sworn off White women after the controversy surrounding his ex-girlfriend, Chelsie Kyriss. Brown, 31, says Kyriss conspired…

Alan Maloney, a New Jersey-based White referee with a checkered past that borders racial bias against Black peers, students and athletes, was suspended for his role in demeaning a Buena High School Black wrestler last December. As previously reported, Maloney, who has also been accused of calling a fellow referee the N-word over a dispute…

There is a serious problem when it comes to police dealing with people of color in the community. The disconnect between presumed innocence and use of force seems to be evident with frequent reports of a citizen being brutalized. The latest incident to hit the news comes from the city of Monroe, Georgia, and a…

An investigation into the use of force by a deputy sheriff in Orange County, Florida has resulted in his suspension. It has taken almost seven months to determine that Deputy Ayler Cruz broke department policy when he tased an unarmed Black man named Tevion Kenyatta Dickson, 25, on September 28, 2018. Cruz was responding to…

The national president of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., David E. Marion, has taken unprecedented action in the wake of the death of a college athlete at Georgia Tech. Marion has issued a moratorium to all 700 chapters of Omega Psi Phi to halt membership activities as well as social activities until further notice. Members are warned…

Since the beginning of Trump’s run for office, there were sellout Negroes clamoring to claim the shadiest part of the cotton field. Arguably one of the most well known Black conservative commentators of the political “buck dance” was CNN political contributor Paris Dennard. But now there is trouble for Dennard that has put him smack…

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was granted a temporary restraining order by a New York judge on Tuesday, which allows him to play in the next game against the San Francisco 49ers. The judge is going on vacation and a hearing is expected to occur before Oct. 30. Elliott was initially suspended for six games…

Since the death of Freddie Gray, police in the city of Baltimore have been under the microscope for a series of alleged injustices. Now, once again, there is evidence that Baltimore has a serious problem with dirty cops. The Baltimore public defender’s office released body cam footage from an arrest that occurred in January by…

The city of Atlanta Police Department has announced their decision to suspend a cop after a video emerged of him brutally assaulting a suspect. Not much is known at this time about the reason for the arrest but it was plain to see that the officer was unnecessarily abusive when handling the suspect. The video…

It must be good to be your own boss for Dekalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann when it comes to discipline. Mann was arrested for committing a lewd act in Piedmont Park in Atlanta in early May. The sheriff reportedly had his penis out and was spotted by an Atlanta police officer. According to the police…

The tragic killing of an unarmed Black couple Timothy Russell, 43, and Malissa Williams, 30, by Cleveland police officers has resulted in the termination of six of the officers involved. In 2012, the couple was killed after a high speed chase in which police fired 137 shots into the car. According to the officers on the…

Network giant NBC has recently announced action on what has become a creditability crisis for the network. “NBC Nightly News” anchorman Brian Williams was caught in a significant lie, over his coverage of the war in Iraq. Williams falsely claimed that a helicopter he was riding in came under attack, a fact which has…

The show “Sorority Sisters” on VH1 has been the subject of wide controversy. Because of the over-the-top demeanor of the cast who are members of prominent Black Greek letter organizations, there have been calls to boycott the show and press for removal from the airwaves. Now at least one sorority has taken action against a member…

Former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice breaks his silence for the first time since his indefinite suspension from the NFL. During a phone interview with ESPN, the disgraced athlete said… “‘I have to be strong for my wife,’ said Rice. ‘[Janay] is so strong. We are in good spirits.’ ‘We have a lot of people praying…

It was reported two weeks ago that a middle school teacher from a Boynton Beach, FL charter school was suspended after distributing uncensored Lil Wayne lyrics to his students. The sharing of the lyrics, from the Wayne song “Six Foot Seven Foot,” was explained by the school’s headmaster as the teacher trying to be creative in reaching his students. Of course, parents were shocked and outraged by the exercise. During his recent appearance on ESPN’s First Take, Lil Wayne was asked about the incident and shared his perspective on the teacher’s judgment.

Celebrities took aim at embattled and reviled baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez, who was just suspended by Major League Baseball for a record 211 games, but is allowed to continue playing while he appeals the decision. A-Rod and 12 other players were banned from baseball for at least 50 games for their connection to illicit performance-enhancing…

Alex Rodriguez accomplished feats no one could think could ever be done, but not for the reasons you may think. A-Rod, one of the most complete and talented players in baseball history, has supplanted the reviled Barry Bonds as the most hated Major League player of the modern era. Who would have thunk…