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Byron Perkins is surely breaking barriers for HBCUs, collegiate athletes, and the LGBTQ+ community. He is the first openly gay HBCU football star, and recently revealed his new boyfriend to the world. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. (Terms and conditions). Historically black colleges and […]

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The New York Knicks are certainly having an interesting offseason. Sure, they’ve cut ties with the General Manager Scott Perry, who held the job since 2017, but Josh Hart’s tweets have been more interesting. As the finals begin and all other teams have more free time than usual, Hart found himself on Twitter posing an […]

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The 2023 NBA Finals will be heading to Miami, where the NAACP issued a travel advisory because "Florida has become hostile to Black Americans."

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Bronny James hasn’t officially stepped onto USC’s campus yet, but the school knows a lot will change. USC has long been a respected sports school –and is still home to Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams — with alum including Troy Polamalu, Caron Palmer, DeMar DeRozan, O.J. Mayo, and Taj Gibson. But Bronny is an entirely […]

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The feud between Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan has entered another chapter. Known as one of the best duos ever to touch the hardwood, the two haven’t had the best relationship as they’ve grown older. One of Pippen’s biggest gripes is that he was considered Jordan’s sidekick during their two 3-peat wins instead of an […]

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The miraculous story behind Damar Hamlin‘s journey back to a healthy NFL player has hit another heartwarming turn. Hamlin’s teammates are recognizing the importance of CPR, so many of them are participating in learning the life-saving technique at the team’s facility this week. The Bills are fully behind Hamlin’s recovery and posted a video earlier […]

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Now that the Philadelphia 76ers have bowed out of the second round of the NBA playoffs, rumors are circulating that NBA veteran James Harden wants to return to his old team, the Houston Rockets. Although he was a big part of the reason why the Sixers pushed the Celtics to a deciding Game 7, Harden […]

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Ja Morant just can’t stop incriminating himself on Instagram Live. The Memphis Grizzlies star was sitting in the driver’s seat of a car while blasting NBA YoungBoy. His friend was sitting in the passenger’s seat on Instagram Live, and when he panned over to show Morant having a good time, the baller appeared to have […]

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One baseball announcer had a slip up on-air of epic proportions.  The Oakland Athletics are the laughingstock of Major League Baseball due to their deplorable stadium conditions, and now their play-by-announcer, Glen Kuiper has Black folks looking at him sideways. Glen Kuiper quickly said he was sorry after “accidentally” said the N-word, the one with […]

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Before Bronny James even thinks about entering the 2024 NBA draft, he gets a chance to do something LeBron James didn’t; live a college life. The elder James went straight to the league to play for his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers, but Bronny will be taking his talents to USC. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6u1Q3y3rL/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=13fc9f4e-50c9-40c3-8f45-4c1846c08740 Bronny committed over the weekend […]

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It’s finally time for a new beginning for Ime Udoka. The embattled Boston Celtics coach has a second chance and will take his talents to Texas as the new head coach for the Houston Rockets. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed the news Monday, adding that the Rockets did their due diligence concerning the details that led […]

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Legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson’s winning pedigree can’t get him out of his latest controversy. Jackson appeared on record exec Rick Rubin’s podcast, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, where he spoke about why basketball is a significant part of his life story, but it hasn’t been of much interest to him since the 2020 NBA season finished […]