Angel Reese poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected seventh overall pick by the Chicago Sky during the 2024 WNBA Draft at Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15, 2024, in New York City. | Source: Sarah Stier / Getty Jason Whitlock—the world’s worst sports analyst, but possibly the world’s best Uncle Ruckus…
Source: Ted Soqui / Getty It’s still unclear when – or if – O.J. Simpson actually said the words that rapper Jay-Z attributed to him in his 2017 Grammy-nominated song “The Story of O.J.” But the words stuck and came to symbolize the complicated relationship the Black community had with Simpson, who died on April…
A former Colorado police officer who was caught on bodycam footage choking, pistol-whipping, and threatening to kill a Black man in 2021 was acquitted of the charges he faced in connection to the incident. John Haubert was found not guilty of attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and felony menacing, as well as two misdemeanor charges…
Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert is fiercely protective of his private life, but in a rare moment of letting his guard down, he has revealed one of his earliest memories of dealing with racism. The transparent moment was penned in the personal essay “What You See in the Dark” for The Players’ Tribune ahead…
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo on August 23, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Handout / Getty Ex-NYC mayor and thoroughly disgraced Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani recently paid a visit to Sheridan Church in Tulsa,…
A 29-year-old Houston mother faces charges of abandonment after she allegedly left her two children home alone for five days while she went on a cruise, and court records show this isn’t the first time she’s done it. Lakesha Woods Williams was taken into custody on April 10, and remains jailed on a $25,000 bond…
The new Netflix animated reboot of the beloved 1970s series “Good Times” is inarguably the worst remake ever made. There’s no other way of saying it. It’s offensive, indulges in excess enough to make you squirm, and is just atrocious television. What adds insult to injury is that some solid names are behind bringing this…
Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty There are lingering questions about the death of an unarmed Black teen who was killed last month when a Mississippi police officer’s department-issued cruiser drove over him while he was reportedly being chased for reasons that have still not been made clear. Kadarius Smith died March 21 after an…
U.S. track and field athletes are gearing up for the Summer Olympics in Paris. However, it’s not their workout routines or incredible long jumps that have people talking — but rather a skimpy leotard that’s part of the kit for female athletes. On April 11, Nike unveiled its Team USA track and field kit in…
Source: ETHAN MILLER / Getty From the criminal justice system to race relations and beyond, the death of football legend-turned-acquitted murderer O.J. Simpson has placed a spotlight on a number of issues. But perhaps none of them are as immediately urgent to Black people as Simpson’s cause of death — prostate cancer, which is a…
