Former Heavyweight Champion Returns To The Stage With Mike Tyson UNDISPUTED TRUTH – Round 2

LAS VEGAS — Legendary boxer Mike Tyson will return to the stage at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Following the knockout premiere of UNDISPUTED TRUTH in 2012 and subsequent, sold-out runs on Broadway and again at MGM Grand, the champ will return to the stage for a limited run at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club with Mike Tyson UNDISPUTED TRUTH […]

A Day of Recognition in L.A. for Colin Kaepernick

LOS ANGELES — Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other civil rights leaders have called on Mayor Eric Garcetti and the L.A. City Council to declare Saturday, August 12 a Day of Recognition in Los Angeles for Colin Kaepernick. August 12 is the pre-season opening game for the L.A. Rams. Kaepernick’s personal, dignified, […]

Disney Company to Acquire Majority Ownership of BAMTech

The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has agreed to acquire majority ownership of BAMTech, LLC and will launch its ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018, followed by a new Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019. Under terms of the transaction, Disney will pay $1.58 billion to acquire an additional 42% stake […]

MLB releases 2017 postseason schedule

By Mark Newman, MLB.com NEW YORK — Major League Baseball released the 2017 postseason schedule on Tuesday — and it is similar to last year’s, except in one important way: The 113th World Series will begin Oct. 24 on FOX at the home of the league champion with the better regular-season record. The standard playoff tiebreaker rules will apply […]

HATE IS A POWERFUL EMOTION

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND — Who does America hate more? The United States of America created the inequities with its Black population and compounded the problem with white supremacy, racism, and white male privilege. Every decade there is a new list of Black American men that this country despises. This decade […]

Fans Call on Phillies to Retire Slugger Allen’s Number 15

By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Fans of former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Dick Allen are urging the team to retire his iconic number 15. As Philadelphia’s first African American superstar and one of the game’s greatest power hitters, Allen deserves to have his number displayed along with Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Jim […]

NFF, MEAC Partner for Second Year to Announce Players of the Year Awards

IRVING, Texas –– The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame has announced it will partner for a second consecutive year with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) to reveal the league’s offensive and defensive players of the year as part of the festivities surrounding the 60th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Dec. 5 at the […]

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