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Florida A&M Men’s Hoops to Play Florida State in Tampa

June 24, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

Special to the Florida | The doubleheader also features a matchup between Florida and Miami, bringing four of the state’s premier programs together for an early season showcase. The game marks the first regular-season meeting […]

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Ice Cube’s Big3 Basketball League To Go Public In Historic $290M Deal

June 17, 2026 Staff 0

The Big3 basketball league plans to become the first publicly traded professional sports league in U.S. history through a $290 million business combination agreement. The 3-on-3 league, co-founded by O’Shea Jackson Sr. (Ice Cube) and Jeff […]

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A City Unleashed: Knicks Make History, Ticker Tape Parade on June 18th

June 15, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWS —  By Pat Stevenson | Harlem Community News | The Knicks’ playoff run was defined by grit and improbable comebacks, including a 29‑point rally in Game 4—the largest in NBA Finals history […]

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Meet Alvin Junior Mak, the designer behind the Dem. Republic of Congo’s viral World Cup pre-match fits

June 15, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

By Kay Wicker | The founder and creative director of JMAKxPARIS breaks down the intention and cultural heritage behind The Leopards’ World Cup pre-match fits.    After 52 years away from the World Cup, the Democratic […]

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Venus Williams Calls a Sabalenka Exit a Tragedy

June 10, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

The seven-time major champion read frustration, not a real goodbye, in the world No. 1’s words | By David Kesiena | Rolling Out | When the world’s top-ranked player said she wanted to walk away […]

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No Women Make the 2026 Forbes List of 50 Highest-Paid Athletes

May 29, 2026 Staff 0

by MildredEuropa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com Forbes’ list of the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes for 2026 features zero women for the third straight year, underscoring a worrying financial gap between men and women in professional sports. Soccer superstar Cristiano […]

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DeSantis Signs ‘Teddy Bridgewater Act’ and Measure Boosting Coach Pay

May 27, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix | Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday signed into law two high school sports-related pieces of legislation, one a reaction to NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater’s suspension by the Florida High School Athletic […]

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Lynn Jones and Jaguars Coach Reunite for The Lynn Jones Experience

May 19, 2026 Staff 0

The viral January 11, 2026 sports media moment between Jacksonville Free Press reporter Lynn Jones and Jacksonville Jaguars Head Coach Liam Coen — a now widely shared exchange seen across social media and sports platforms […]

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Number of Black players on Opening Day Rosters Increases for 2nd Straight Year

May 13, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

Anthony Castrovince |Major League Baseball has the highest amount of international cultural diversity of any major U.S. sports league. But the declines in recent decades of Black players in the big leagues prompted MLB — […]

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Bigger NCAA Tournament Could Mean Bigger Gap for HBCUs

April 29, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

by Kendrick Marshall  |The NCAA tournament is about to get bigger. More teams. More sites. More First Four games. According to Yahoo Sports college reporter Ross Dellenger, “the NCAA is expected to finalize an expansion of the […]

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