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*Over the weekend, Russell Simmons, along with his bother, Danny Simmons, hosted the 13th Annual ART FOR LIFE East Hampton Benefit. This year’s event honored recording artists Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Betsy Z. Cohen (Bancorp Inc.), Tamia and Grant Hill (The Grant Hill Foundation), and Marc J. Leder (Sun Capital Partners Inc.). CNN’s Soledad O’Brien hosted the evening, while Star [...]
*When you watch the show “Basketball Wives,” you wonder if every woman who is married to a ballplayer is as ratchet as some of these seem to be. Lets go down the list: Tammy, Evelyn, and Gloria … all women who have exhibited “unlady like” behavior on the show on numerous occasions. But then you [...]
*Ever since Jalen Rose’s interview surfaced in the ESPN documentary on the “Fab Five,” the media ran with his remarks and tried to start something with former Duke players and their camp. One of those players was Grant Hill and he weighed in on Rose’s remarks of being an “Uncle Tom.” But that controversy has [...]
*After the release of the controversial ESPN documentary, “Fab Five,” a lot of drama and tension was generated between Jalen Rose and Grant Hill. In the movie, Rose, a former Michigan basketball player, said his teammates had resentment toward Hill and his school, saying that Duke only recruited Black guys who were “Uncle Toms.” A [...]
*On a Chicago sports radio show, Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced “Sha-shef-ski”) has come out swinging at the critical remarks made by Jalen Rose about the school in an ESPN documentary. Krzyzewski says the comments were “very insulting to everyone here at Duke.” In his ESPN Films documentary, “The Fab Five,” Rose said African [...]
*Jalen Rose, who was in the news recently for his uncomplimentary statements about Duke University and Grant Hill, is back on the front burner, so to speak. The former NBA star and current analyst for ESPN, was arrested back on March 11 in Michigan. He was charged with driving under the influence (along an icy [...]
*Jalen Rose grew up poor in Detroit, the son of single mom and an NBA player he never met. He helped transform basketball culture as a member of Michigan’s iconic Fab Five team, then earned more than $100 million as a pro baller. Grant Hill came up wealthy in the D.C. suburbs, the child of [...]
*“The Fab Five” aired Sunday on ESPN, capturing the memories and controversies of Michigan’s basketball team favorites Jalen rose, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. The film also opened some doors that were never closed, and unveiled some wounds that never healed. As teenagers, the bball stars thought of Duke as a [...]
*President Obama tested his basketball skills against several current and former NBA stars in a Sunday afternoon pickup game at Fort McNair in Washington. The group included LeBron James, Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, Magic Johnson and Bill Russell, according to reports. Kobe Bryant was also there, but didn’t play. Education Secretary [...]
*Kobe Bryant dribbled toward the Lakers’ bench, luring Channing Frye and Jason Richardson along with him. Bryant leaned back and launched a feather-soft jumper over Phoenix’s double team, neatly beating the first-quarter buzzer. That’s about when the Suns should have noted the bright yellow brace on Bryant’s right knee is the color of a caution [...]
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