Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and the reigning SWAC football champion Jackson State Tigers made history on the final Sunday in April. The Tigers became the first FCS and HBCU football program to have their annual spring football game televised. ESPNU did the honors and Coach Prime and his guys put on a show. …
Twitter stockholders agreed to the deal that would make Tesla founder Elon Musk the owner of the social media app Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on…
Gabrielle Union has been very vocal about the importance of self-love after struggling with low self-esteem in the past. The actress continued to spread that message on April 24, after sharing a short clip honoring herself and her features. Gabrielle Union’s self-love video gets fans’ approval. Photo:@gabunion/Instagram In the Instagram post, Union, who wore a…
In this three-part video series, theGrio will discuss a North Carolina friend group’s decision to join cannabis’ ever-growing industry — and do it together. In celebration of 4/20, meet Blounts & Moore, a friend group from North Carolina that joined the cannabis industry in an attempt to establish legacy wealth and awareness. In this three-part…
Source: Jason Koerner / Getty So, y’all remember when standup comedian Hannibal Buress talked about all the rape allegations against Bill Cosby on stage and then all of a sudden Cosby was under new scrutiny and a new criminal case, right? You might remember that a lot of people (especially Huxtable stans) were blaming Buress…
Graeme Smith was alleged to have deliberately left a Black cricket player off the team Former South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith was cleared of racism allegations on Monday by an independent investigation that looked into claims that he used his influence to ensure a Black player wasn’t selected when he led the team a…
OPINION: The road to health equity is long, but health care programs like Medicare Advantage can help lead the way to policies that protect the wellbeing and dignity of people of color. For all the harm that COVID-19 has wrought on our world and our lives, a thin, faint silver lining in this dark cloud…
Chris Rock is skirting around discussing the moment Will Smith slapped him while onstage at the 94th Oscars, but his mother, Rose Rock, is addressing the matter head-on. Rock found himself the target of Smith’s open palm after making an off-the-cuff joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald appearance being reminiscent of the fictional movie character…
Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses has been cleared of voter fraud charges and will not have to stand trial again in a case that was brimmed with injustices against the Tennessee woman. Moses, who has previous felony convictions, tried to register to vote in 2019 after receiving confirmation from the state that her rights…
The upcoming series, Hijack, is a real-time thriller set on a hijacked airplane Idris Elba is coming to Apple TV+. The acclaimed actor is starring in and executive producing Hijack, a seven-part thriller taking place 20,000 feet in the air. Per the official press release, the series, which will be told in real-time, “is a…
