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Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 02 January 2025

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We’re getting one for all the kids in our life!

Details: Written by NOREEN NASIR and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Pressc; Published: 18 December 2024

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The NCAA released a study in October showing online abuse toward student-athletes peaked during March Madness, with women’s basketball players receiving three times more threats than men’s players.

Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 16 December 2024

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“I’m That Girl: Living The Power Of My Dreams” is a candid offering from Chiles, who touches on everything from the “psychologically and physically demanding” aspects of the sport to the racism she experienced and her struggles with “eating issues” as a child.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 December 2024

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Film tells the story of Luther Vandross from his formative years in Harlem, appearing in the Apollo Theater house band and the first episodes of Sesame Street, through his ascendance to become the indisputable master of the love song.

Details: Written by SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press; Published: 12 November 2024

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The class is titled “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music. She said she plans to use the performer’s wide-ranging repertoire as a portal for students to learn about Black intellectuals from the times of Frederick Douglass up to the present.

Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 01 November 2024

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“Roller rinks are living, breathing archives of our history, culture, and spirit. These are places where we come together, roll through life, and push forward – not only as sites of resistance but as sites of existence, too,” said Cherlise via statement.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 October 2024

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Lee’s legacy as a visionary icon worldwide is anchored by his longstanding commitment to authenticity and social justice.

Details: Written by BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer; Published: 14 October 2024

Film director Spike Lee (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Spike Lee had a memorable first trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Michael Jordan welcomed a couple newcomers to it. He had never been to the Hall before learning he was being honored for his passion to the New York Knicks.

Details: Written by MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press; Published: 14 October 2024

FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping men and women and molesting a 16-year-old boy. The accusers are part of what their lawyers say is a group of more than 100 alleged victims who are in the process of taking legal action against Combs in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month.

Details: Written by Molly Yanity Professor and Director of Sports media and Communication, University of Rhode Island; Published: 10 October 2024

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The emergence of a young, white superstar from the heartland has caused many new WNBA fans to pick sides that fall along racial lines. [Christine] Brennan’s critics claim she was pushing a line of questioning that has dogged Black athletes for decades: that they are aggressive and undisciplined.