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Miami Heat’s Victor Oladipo Battles A Familiar Foe: Adversity
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Victor Oladipo and the Miami Heat face a tough challenge entering Game 5 of Wednesday’s Eastern Conference Finals at the Boston Celtics’ TD Garden. The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2, with Boston having the momentum after winning Monday night by 20 points. It’s not as if the...
Benavidez’s Bloody TKO Of Lemieux Sends Message To Rivals
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Mike Tyson once called David Benavidez “The Mexican Monster.” The reason was evident in Benavidez’s vicious blood-letting of former champion David Lemieux Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) relentlessly battered Lemieux (43-5, 36 KOs) before a boisterous partisan crowd...
Bright Future: Former Hoops Star Shares His Knowledge Of The Game On And Off The Court
By: Percy Lovell Crawford
By Percy Lovell Crawford Torris Bright once scored 70 points in a high school basketball game and distributed 21 assists in another. He took his talents to Louisiana State University (LSU) in the early 2000s where he was a four-year starter and attached his name to several records. Bright’s life...
Buffalo Shooting Underscores The Human Cost Of Hatred
By: Hamil R. Harris
By Hamil R. Harris The fatal mass shooting inside a Buffalo, New York, grocery store on May 14 has shaken the faith of national political leaders by echoing a tragic and familiar refrain across the country — another mass shooting that appears motivated by race and hate. Payton Gendron, 18,...
Two-Time Champion Benavidez “The Red Flag” Is Looking For a KO Against Lemieux
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield David Benavidez believes Canelo Alvarez is ducking him and that Jermall Charlo fears him. The fighter known as “El Bhandera Roja” (The Red Flag) considers an all-Mexican clash with four-division champion Alvarez or a battle of unbeatens with WBC 160-pound champion Charlo among his most coveted matchups...
Ennis Scores 19th Straight KO Against Clayton, Calls Out ‘Big Fish’ Spence
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Jaron Ennis had promised a “dominant” and “seamless” early knockout of Custio Clayton before Saturday’s clash of unbeaten 147-pound contenders at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. “Everyone already knows how this fight is going to go. I’m going to put on a show. … I’m...
Charlo Becomes First-Ever 154-Pound Undisputed Champion By Knocking Out Castaño
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Jermell Charlo delivered an early birthday present to himself in a 154-pound championship stoppage Saturday, twice flooring Brian Castaño in the final round of a 10th-round knockout victory. In front of near-sellout crowd of 7,406 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., Charlo, who turns 32...
Dream Achieved: NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Boards The International Space Station
By: John Murphy
By John Murphy NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins made history last month when she became the first Black woman to live and work on the International Space Station. Late last year, NASA announced Watkins would be assigned to the SpaceX Crew-4 mission to space. She was first selected as an astronaut...
Jada White Turned Her Hardships Into Poetry
By: Percy Lovell Crawford
By Percy Lovell Crawford How someone deals with tragedy can define a life. For Jada White, writing helped her cope with losing her father at 6 years old, and her grandmother drowning in the floodwaters created by Hurricane Katrina. Those incidents prompted her to write two poetry books: “The Flower...
Combate Global Set To Be Most-Watched MMA Brand In North America
By: George A. Willis
By George A. Willis First he was the co-creator of the of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Now Campbell McLaren is making his MMA Hispanic sports and media franchise into the biggest in North America. Today the UFC is one of the most successful franchises in sports history and Combate Global...
Jermell Charlo’s Birthday Wish: Stop Brian Castaño In 154-pound Unification Rematch
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Jermell Charlo wants to have a knockout anniversary. So the fighter known as “Iron Man” aims to give himself an early birthday present on Saturday by stopping Brian Castaño in a 154-pound undisputed unification rematch at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. “This is one of...
Hyundai Launches New Electric Appeal For African Americans
By: Kevin Michael Briscoe
By Kevin Michael Briscoe Hyundai unveiled one of the world’s largest marketing efforts to sell electric vehicles to African Americans. Culture Brands, a Washington, D.C.-area firm that made news last year by becoming the automaker’s first minority advertising agency of record, is leading the strategy and design of the new...
Chasing Victory: Female Runner Sets New Record Of 102 Marathons In 102 Days
By: John Murphy
By John Murphy After losing her leg to a rare form of cancer, long-distance runner Jacky Hunt-Broersma spent her life overcoming physical obstacles, climatological hurdles and thousands of miles to do exactly what people said was impossible for her. This year, for 102 straight days, Hunt-Broersma ran a full marathon...
A Voice For The Voiceless: Nonprofit Helps Victims Of Injustice Reclaim Their Stories
By: Percy Lovell Crawford
By Percy Lovell Crawford NEW ORLEANS — Injustice is not limited to a particular race, religion or gender. It comes in many forms and often goes unnoticed. Doing their part to shine a light on injustice in New Orleans and elsewhere, Angelique Phipps and Jolie Bernard have teamed up to provide...
