Osaka’s decision comes after she declared she would not speak to the media and was fined $15,000 Naomi Osaka wrote on Twitter on Monday that “the best thing for the tournament” would be if she withdrew from the French Open, a dramatic turn of events for the four-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked…
“You are often compared to the Williams sisters. Maybe it’s because you’re Black. But I guess it’s because you’re talented and maybe American too,” said the reporter Coco Gauff is receiving praise for her response to an odd question from a reporter. Read More: Pittsburgh reporter AJ Ross seeks to change laws after PetSmart strangulation…
“It has truly been a beautiful journey,” Blair Underwood and Desiree DaCosta said in a joint statement about their divorce. Blair Underwood and his wife of 27 years are calling it quits. Underwood, 56, and Desiree DaCosta shared a joint statement to Instagram Sunday announcing their split and vowed to continue to put their kids’…
“This was a story that had really been suppressed both in the local memory and certainly the national memory. But nobody who had witnessed it could ever have forgotten it,” says History and African American studies scholar Dr. David Blight The mention of Memorial Day easily conjures images of cookouts, military ceremonies, and gravesite visits,…
She also says she is “crossing her fingers” in hopes of rekindling her relationships with the other women of ‘The Real’ In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Tamar Braxton dished on repairing her relationship with her former coworker at The Real, Tamera Mowry, saying, “Time heals all wounds”. Read More: Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry…
Three Tacoma officers have been charged in the death of a Black man who died as a restraint was performed on him in March 2020, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on May 27. Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins with were charged with second-degree murder and Timothy Rankine, with first-degree manslaughter in Pierce County Superior Court in the…
He’s rarely spotted in public, and hardly ever seen or heard doing any press, but Jay-Z made an exception when he appeared on HBO’s “The Shop.” The rap mogul opened up about his life and career, as well as took fans for a stroll down memory lane as he reflected on the impact of the late rapper DMX….
Missy Elliott also sent a special message to Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, thanking the music legends for creating the successful music platform Sunday night showcased Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s first Verzuz rematch, over a year after the first official music “battle” in March 2020. In this rematch, Swizz Beatz gifted Timbaland with an Aaliyah and…
A year ago Amber Goodwin only hoped her ancestors were proud as she pursued her law degree. Now, only days away from walking the stage at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, she is certain that proud may be an understatement. “Sorry not sorry in advance for all the law graduation photos y’all…
Germany has agreed to pay Namibia $1.3 billion as it formally recognizes the atrocities committed during the colonial-era genocide that claimed the lives of some 80,000 indigenous people more than a century ago in southwest African region. The announcement comes months after Namibia rejected Germany’s $11.7 million compensation offer for the mass killings “not acceptable”…
