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Playing Basketball Overseas Led This Black American To Trace His Roots In Africa

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By Parker Diakite • Mar 25, 2021 – (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – When Drake Reid traveled overseas to play professional basketball in France, he was taken aback by the fact that some of his teammates had never […]

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‘The Fight Is On with Me and Holyfield’: Mike Tyson Claims Fight with His Old Foe Evander Holyfield Is Now a Go

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By Isheka N. Harrison | March 24, 2021 (Source: www.atlantablackstar.com) – Boxing legends Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield apparently will be squaring off in an exhibition match after some very public back and forth from both camps. On March 23, there was […]

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Jemele Hill Inks Deal With New Sports Company Meadowlark Media

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By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris (Source: rollingout.com) | March 29, 2021 | 0  – Sports journalist Jemele Hill has been named as one of the new creative advisers to Meadowlark Media. Meadowlark Media is a content venture created in […]

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Businesses Throw Their Hat In Mary Kom’s Boxing Ring

March 29, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Businesses Throw Their Hat In Mary Kom’s Boxing Ring

PUNE, India — “I fell in love with the sport after seeing boxers such as Sugar Ray [Leonard], Mary Kom, and Manny Pacquiao,” Hatdeiphal Manlun, a 15-year-old from Kohima in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, told […]

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56th Bob Hayes Track Meet Lauds Student Track Athletes

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The 56th annual Bob Hayes Invitational Track and Field Meet convened last weekend at William M. Raines High School. The meet brings hundreds of students, fans and sports enthusiast from around the country for a […]

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Team Holyfield: Mike Tyson Rejected $25 Million Guarantee For Trilogy

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BY RANDOM HITS – (Source: www.boxingscene.com) – Representatives of Evander Holyfield expressed frustration after Mike Tyson’s representatives refused to accept a $25,000,000 guarantee from Team Holyfield to participate in Tyson v Holyfield 3 at the Hard […]

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Houston-Based Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Partners with Beats By Dre to Help Kids

March 22, 2021 admin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – Jarren Small, the Houston-based visionary, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, is proving that legends do live. The Prairie View A & M University graduate […]

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HBCU Basketball Squads Dominate NCAA Teams During March Madness Play-In Games

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By Victor Trammell for Your Black World – (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – After taking a year off because of the pandemic, the NCAA Tournament made a triumphant and historic return Thursday by getting off to a […]

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While Tackling A Tough Upbringing, Jay Bromley Reached Goal Of Playing In The NFL

March 22, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on While Tackling A Tough Upbringing, Jay Bromley Reached Goal Of Playing In The NFL

Jay Bromley had no choice but to play the hand he was dealt. Unfortunately for him, that hand consisted of a mother who was a prostitute strung out on drugs, and a father who was […]

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Maurice Hooker Returns To The Ring With A Big Chip On His Shoulder

March 18, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on Maurice Hooker Returns To The Ring With A Big Chip On His Shoulder

On March 20, Fort Worth, Texas, will be in for a treat from two homegrown pugilists with a lot at stake. Dickies Arena will be rocking when former world champion Maurice Hooker (27-1-3) 18 knockouts, […]

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