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Some of the Chicago area’s best high school basketball players from both South and West sides of town rallied together to compete in a basketball tournament in hopes that it would help put an end to street violence. The Chicago United Hoops Classic took place this past weekend at the Gerald E. Ratner Center on [...]

Retired NBA star Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway has returned to his hometown of Memphis. Aside from the stray local commercial for his local pizza franchise and the stray TNT appearance along with his former teammates Dennis Scott and Shaquille O’Neal, it’s been hard to catch a glimpse of Hardaway in recent years. However, he has been [...]

Making history and headlines, Kevin Krigger will be the first black jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby since 2000 in the upcoming race. Krigger will be aboard horse trainer Doug O’Neill’s Goldencents who is considered a much stronger contender than the last year’s winner, I’ll Have Another. While the odds are against O’Neills victory, considering only six trainers [...]

18-year-old Ginger Howard made headlines as the youngest African-American female to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) most recently. While her age makes her the youngest African-American young woman to join the LPGA Tour, she is the overall fifth African-American woman to ever participate. Because she’s a new face on the golf scene, her [...]

Music mogul Jay-Z took no time getting the ball rolling in his new business venture, sports management. The rapper has already signed several top name athletes to his sports management company, Roc Nation, but the most recent to join the team is WNBA beauty, Skylar Diggins. Jay-Z recently launched the company earlier this year with [...]

A Jack of many trades, rap artist and music mogul, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, has recently decided to add another notch in his belt, and join forces with one of the biggest names in sports. Carter is making his way into the sports-agent business through his partnership with the leading sports and entertainment agency CAA and [...]

Giving fans nationwide ring-side seats from the comfort of their local movie theaters, NCM Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, SHOWTIME Sports and O’Reilly Auto Parts bring undefeated, Eight-Time and Five Division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather to the big screen once again as he takes on Six-Time and Four Division World Champion Robert [...]

Broncos heavy hitting player Von Miller has lots of people taking notice because of the charitable gesture he’s given to underprivileged youth through his up and coming eye wear line. Miller used his love for eye wear as a platform to promote his charity, Von’s Vision, which affords underprivileged youth free eye exams, glasses and [...]