The committee said the caps don’t follow “the natural form of the head.” The International Olympic Committee has denied an application for large, natural hair-based swim caps, created by the Black-owned brand Soul Cap. Soul Cap sought to certify its products for competition in the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo, but FINA, the federation…
The upcoming film is described as a “dance-filled musical dramedy set to a soundtrack of Southern hip hop and HBCU collegiate band rhythms” Young Thug is brushing off his acting skills! The rapper has been announced to star in the Tiffany Haddish-produced musical film, Throw it Back. According to Deadline, the Grammy-winning rapper and songwriter…
Source: Michael Abbott / Getty According to TMZ disgraced comedian and entertainer Bill Cosby is reportedly examining legal options available in response to his release from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his sexual assault conviction on Wednesday. Cosby and his wife Camille have conferenced with their lawyers and are possibly weighing the option…
With the implementation of this new rule, student-athletes in all 50 states will be able to benefit The NCAA has adopted an interim policy that suspends the rules of amateurism for college athletes one day before name, image, and likeness legislation was set to be enacted in eight states. With the implementation of this new…
A South Carolina man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and animals/penalty for being the owner of a dangerous animal that attacks and injures a human after his dogs mauled a young child to death last month. WSAV reported that Lorenzo Cardenas of Marion County was charged on Monday, June 28, after 7-year-old Shamar Sherif…
‘Soho Karen’ was charged with two felony counts of unlawful imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child The woman who went viral after falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone has been charged with a hate crime. Miya Ponsetto was charged with two felony counts…
Lamar Odom refuted the accusations of being a deadbeat father on Wednesday, June 30, in a lengthy Instagram post following his failed child support-related court appearance with his ex and the mother of his three children, Liza Morales. Odom and Morales, who have known each other since they were teenagers and dated on and off for 10…
OPINION: Rashad’s remarks bring into question her recent Howard appointment, especially given sexual assault and violence continue to be one of the most serious issues facing college campuses and universities I remember when we first started hearing about the rash of Bill Cosby accusations in the early 2000s and again in 2014, and thinking back…
Social media users were shocked to hear the news that Bill Cosby had been released from jail after serving more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence in prison for charges stemming from his 2018 sexual assault case. On Wednesday, June 30, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his conviction and ruled that he…
The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday, June 30, to approve tenure for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones following weeks of scrutiny and criticism from other faculty members after the board initially offered the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist a non-tenured position at the school. In a three-hour closed session, the board approved tenure for…
