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LeBron James Agrees to Four-year, $153.3 Million Deal With Lakers

July 2, 2018 Staff 0

By Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN LeBron James’ next NBA chapter will be set on the West Coast. James will be playing for the Los Angeles Lakers on a four-year, $153.3 million contract. He will try to bring […]

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Rams Must Pay Reggie Bush $12M for 2015 Injury in St. Louis

June 18, 2018 Staff 0

By The St. Louis American According to ESPN.com, The Los Angeles Rams were ordered to pay former NFL running back Reggie Bush $12.45 million in damages on Tuesday for a knee injury he suffered in St. […]

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Trump is Considering a Pardon for Boxing Great Muhammad Ali. For What?

June 12, 2018 Staff 0

President Donald Trump said  he’s considering a pardon for Muhammad Ali. That raises the question: for what? Ali was convicted of draft evasion — and immediately stripped of his heavyweight title — in 1967, after refusing to be […]

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Not a Single Woman Made Forbes’ Top 100 Highest-Paid Athletes

June 12, 2018 Staff 0

Forbes magazine’s estimate of the world’s top 100 highest-paid athletes in 2018 is truly a boys club. For the first time since 2010, no female athletes made the list, which Forbes dubbed “an all-male affair.” […]

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Trump Pardons Boxer Jack Johnson 72 Years After Death

May 28, 2018 Staff 0

(Photo credit Wikimedia Commons) By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY President Trump granted a rare and historic posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson 72 years after his death Thursday, clearing the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion of […]

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NFL and Players Commit to $90M to Combat Social Equality

May 22, 2018 Staff 0

The NFL and its Players Coalition officially established a partnership to commit at least $90 million for efforts and programs combating social inequality. The partnership aims to bring players, teams and other groups together for […]

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Jaguars Draft Day Party includes New Uniform Launch, Autographs and Mascots

May 2, 2018 admin 0

The 83rd NFL Draft kicked off last week in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium. The Jacksonville Jaguars entered the draft with seven picks, including the 29th overall selection. Thousands of Jaguars fans gathered for the […]

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Lady Golfers Expelled from Course for Slowness

April 30, 2018 Staff 0

A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling the cops on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father complained that they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave […]

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Nigel Brown Heads to Australia for Tack & Field Competition

April 19, 2018 admin 0

Nigel Brown, an 11th grade student from Edward H. White High School has been invited to represent Florida on the 2018 Track and Field Team.  Nigel will depart for Queensland, Australia on Sunday, July 8, […]

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Los Angeles Rams Become the NFL’s First Team to Introduce Male Cheerleaders

April 1, 2018 Staff 0

by Rachel Herron (BET) The Los Angeles Rams are making NFL history by adding two men to their previously all-female cheerleading squad. Quinton Peron and Napolean Jinnies joined Good Morning America to discuss what process […]

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