The two-time NBA champion broke the news on Twitter, retweeting a photo of the award engraved with his legal name, Earl Smith III. Freshman student-athlete J.R. Smith has been named the Academic Athlete of the Year at North Carolina A&T State University. The 36-year-old former NBA star finished his first year at the Greensboro-located campus…
Brittney Griner #42 and Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury watch the game against the Chicago Sky at Footprint Center on October 10, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona. | Source: Mike Mattina / Getty Calls grew to free Brittney Griner from a Russian prison after President Joe Biden announced a prisoner swap deal to release…
What a difference a season makes. With the super team era having its run stunted with teams not making the play-in tournament, let alone the second round of the playoffs, it’s time to say farewell to the NBA super team. The Brooklyn Nets, the heavily favored NBA team, were swept by the Boston Celtics in the…
Detroit-based First Independence Bank plans to address Minnesota’s racial disparities in income and wealth. First Independence Bank, based in Detroit, has expanded to Minneapolis, Minnesota, making it the first Black-owned bank in the North Star State. The bank opened its doors on Tuesday and has promised to focus on the state’s racial disparities in income…
The lifestyle brand founded by Allyson Felix and brother Wes Felix garnered millions in series A financing led by a woman-adventure fund. Allyson Felix just won another race. In mid-April, the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history confirmed her impending retirement from the sport after the 2022 season. But on Tuesday,…
It appears rapper Lil Durk isn’t the only celebrity with a doppelgänger. Usher met his match on April 26, while sitting courtside at an NBA playoff game against the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves. The event, which took place in Memphis, Tennessee, at the FedExForum arena, ended with the Grizzlies winning in the first round…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Born on April 27, 1927, Coretta Scott King’s birthday is a chance to revisit her legacy as a steward of peace and justice. Born For many years, Coretta Scott King’s work was treated as an extension of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. As proud as she was of her husband and…
The R&B crooner and his once-estranged spouse exchanged wedding vows in an elaborate Las Vegas ceremony this weekend. R&B crooner Ne-Yo and his once-estranged wife Crystal Renay exchanged wedding vows for a second time in an elaborate ceremony in Las Vegas this weekend. The couple had separated in March 2020 and planned to divorce, then…
“The evidence clearly showed that what they used was physically, forensically, and logically impossible,” said Keith Carnes, 52, a Kansas City man who spent 18 years in a Missouri prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Carnes was charged with murder after a police informant lied, accusing him of killing alleged drug dealer,…
TheGrio asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in Tuesday’s press briefing about the realm of possibility as the virus continues to spread in Washington. The majority of Americans, 60% to be exact, have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As…
