May 23, 2013

Now Scottie Pippen Gets a Reality Show: ‘Big Pippen’

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*Since Scottie Pippen isn’t doing much of anything these days, how about giving him a reality show? According to The Hollywood Reporter, the NBA Hall of Famer is being recruited for the next quickly manufactured television series, “Big Pippen.” Highlighting the luxurious, yet quite busy life of Pippen and his wife Larsa, the show is [...]




First Black Washington Post Reporter: ‘It Damn Near Killed Me’ (Video)

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*The newsrooms throughout America make it necessary for various African American online, print, and radio news outlets like the Electronic Urban Report (EUR), The Root, The Grio, the Chicago Defender, the Afro American, Michael Baisden’s show, Tom Joyner, and many others to exist. The diversity that is necessary to tell the stories of the nation’s [...]




EUR Quickies: ‘Dr J,’ Mase, Dallas Cowboys Crash Scene Pic

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*Basketball Hall of Famer Julius “Dr. J” Erving is slated to make a guest appearance as himself on NBC’s comedy, The Office. According to reports from Entertainment Weekly, the episode that will air on January 17th and features Dr. J as an investor in a sports marketing business that Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) is attempting [...]




Williams Sisters Host Second Annual West Coast African-American Tennis Hall of Fame

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Serena & Venus Williams Tennis Academy To Host Second Annual West Coast African-American Tennis Hall of Fame Reception and Family Tennis Festival *The Venus and Serena Williams Tennis Academy will host the second annual West Coast African-American Tennis Hall of Fame Reception and Family Tennis Festival on Saturday, August 11. Family Tennis Festival Beginning at 9 a.m. [...]




NFL Hall of Famer Suing NFL for Neglecting Athletes’ Health

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*Despite its glitz, blitz and glamour, the NFL has some dirty secrets bursting to get out. Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett is suing the league now, saying it was and continues to be neglectful toward players and former athletes. 1984 was a life-changing year for Dorsett, a former running back, when he took the hardest [...]




WWE Welcomes Mike Tyson to its Hall of Fame

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*Mike Tyson fans can now boast that their guy is a member of not one, but two halls of fame. That’s because the legendary boxer is going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Tyson will be inducted during the ceremony at American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL on March 31. As has [...]




Lawrence Taylor Being Sued by Teenage Prostitute Cristina Fierro

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*It seems like the dirt is finally coming up on sex scandals around the country and in every industry. In the sports world, former NY Giants star linebacker Lawrence Taylor has joined the bunch of celebrities in the sports industry who now have the scarlet letter tattooed on his reputation. The 52-year-old Pro Football Hall [...]




Deion Sanders Denies Divorce Claims

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*Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders denied claims of divorce on his Twitter account after reports began to circulate that he was getting rid of his wife after 11 years of marriage. He says he never filed divorce papers, however several sources are sticking to the story saying that it’s already been set to motion because [...]




The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: The Power of Influence

As I was getting ready to board a plane in Indianapolis last Saturday on my way back to Dallas I got an alert on my iPhone; a bunch of people had left me Facebook messages. The topic: “You know you went to TSU if ….”  That’s all it took for me to go down memory [...]




Video: Jay-Z Said He Predicted Derek Jeter’s Home Run

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*MLB all-star, Derek Jeter made history on Saturday when he became the first ever New York Yankee to record 3,000 hits and with a home run at that. Who was there to witness the whole thing? Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z watched from box seats behind the plate. He said he saw it coming. “I actually [...]




Hank Aaron Gets Honorary Doctorate

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*Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, the trailblazing former Major League Baseball player was recently honored with an honorary Princeton doctorate of humanity degree. Aaron made history when he defied the color lines and became a part of the professional arena when it wasn’t popular. He also is a Hall of Famer, whose athletic abilities have gone [...]




Colin Powell: Obama ‘Blew Away Donald Trump and the Birthers’

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*Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina’s premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuous week that saw a royal wedding, a pope’s beatification and a U.S. military assault that killed Osama bin Laden, “the worst person on earth.” But the former secretary of state and Joint Chiefs chairman told South Carolina [...]




Former NFL Hall of Famer Asks Court to Lower Child Support

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*If it ain’t one thing, it’s five others with these athletes. NFL legend, Lawrence Taylor is falling in the category of struggling famous people as he requested from the court to have his child support payments lowered for his sick 13-year-old daughter, Erielle. Currently he’s paying $456 but right now, he says he can’t meet [...]




New B-Ball Hall of Fame Inductees

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*NBA fans did you hear the fabulous news? Scottie Pippen and Karl Malone are new members of the Hall of Fame. While other dynamic players of the NBA history preceded their fame, they too contributed to the wealth and knowledge of true basketball development. Pippen and Malone expressed themselves at last week’s ceremony, some getting [...]




Apollo Begins Installing Walk of Fame

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*New York’s Apollo Theater began laying down its own Walk of Fame today with plaques that will honor entertainers including late singers James Brown and Michael Jackson. The famous Harlem venue had been celebrating its own Hall of Fame list of legends every year, but on Monday began installing bronze rectangular plaques on the sidewalk [...]