No sport has been more celebrated in the black community more than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Click Here […]
On Friday night NBA All-Star weekend went into full gear with the Celebrity Game and the Sophomore vs Rookie Challenge. The Rookie squad led by John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Blake Griffin defeated the wise fools 148-140. (The 288 total points might be a record for the Rookie-Sophomore contest).
Los Angeles — The Western Conference won the NBA All Star Game in an exciting 148-143 win. Kobe Bryant was named MVP after he dropped 38 points in front of his home crowd. LeBron James recorded the second triple-double in NBA All Star Game history. RELATED: Blake Griffin named to first All Star Game Kobe […]
Washington– Blacks are significantly more optimistic about what the future holds for them and the economy, according to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University poll conducted Jan. 27 – Feb.9. There was also a significant divide in how whites and blacks rated President Obama’s economic policies, with whites taking a far dimmer view than blacks.
NEW YORK-Afrika Owes, a 17-year-old Harlem girl, who attended the elite Deerfield Academy in Connecticut was arrested in New York on gang and gun charges. After visiting Harvard and Yale, Owes is now at Riker’s Island along with 13 other young people arrested in an NYPD gang crackdown on the 137h St. Crew in Harlem. […]
by John Nichols “This is a Martin Luther King moment!” So declared the Rev. Jesse Jackson, as he finished addressing a crowd of more than 40,000 at that had filled the grounds of Wisconsin’s state Capitol. A few minutes later, he would enter the Capitol and address a crowd estimated at 8,000, which filled what […]
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via CNN The nation’s most energy-efficient National Christmas Tree doesn’t appear to be the nation’s most energy-resistant one. The 42-foot Colorado blue spruce snapped at its base during high winds Saturday morning in Washington. Sustained winds at 25 miles per hour and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour swept through the area and […]
via BBC News On Saturday, a group gathered in Alabama to mark the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of the first president of the Confederacy, 11 Southern slave states that left the US in 1860 and 1861. They say they are honouring their ancestors and their heritage but, as the BBC’s Daniel Nasaw reports, critics […]
via BBC News Four Americans sailing on a yacht off the coast of Oman have been taken hostage by Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog says. The S/V Quest, owned by a retired couple, was hijacked 240 nautical miles (275 miles) off Oman on Friday afternoon, Ecoterra told BBC News. It is believed the yacht […]
via cnn Libyans protesting against longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi vowed to hit the streets again Sunday, saying a violent crackdown by security forces since demonstrations started last week has left them energized. Meanwhile, a doctor in Benghazi said her facility is taking on trauma patients because a trauma hospital in the city is inundated by […]
