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The NFL’s annual owners meeting ends today, and the participants have decided to make some big changes. But as expected, changes don’t come without a little friction because the altercations affect one of the most integral parts of the game: kickoff. Usually, the defending team would immediately take off for the endzone as soon as […]

An indefinite suspension couldn’t stop Draymond Green from making questionable plays. His latest way-too-physical play came Tuesday night when his Golden State Warriors took on the Miami Heat. Green was trying to roll to the hoop to defend Bam Adebayo, but in order to get further in the paint he needed to get past Patty […]

Gambling in professional sports has only been legal for about six years, and it appears a reckoning is coming. Yet another player is being accused of betting on their sport, this time being Jontay Porter. The Toronto Raptors forward allegedly bet on himself as recently as a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on January […]

Kim Mulkey didn't help her case with that press conference. She made people even more curious about The Washington Post article.

Kobe Bryant’s father, Joe Bryant, is auctioning off his late son’s 2000 NBA championship ring, which Kobe personally gifted his father. https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1770863880408879153 Now, according to the Goldin, the 14-karat gold ring is encrusted with 40 diamonds—including five large round diamonds around the face that display the word “LAKERS”—isn’t the actual ring that players received in […]

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb warned Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis against leaving Capital One Arena before the end of their lease in 2047, stating legal obligations bind the teams to the venue.

Gambling‘s got yet another professional athlete under the watchful eye of authorities. Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani‘s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired for his involvement in illegal sports betting. Investigative ESPN reporter Tisha Thompson unearthed at least $4.5 million in wire transfers sent from Ohtani’s bank account to a California bookmaking operation run by Mathew […]

Just a day after Wagner College made NCAA history, the team’s been one upped by an HBCU. Grambling State University has won its first NCAA tournament game after defeating the fellow 16-seeded Montana State Bobcats. However, it wasn’t an easy win in a game that included a forced overtime. The Tigers trailed by as much […]

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Grambling State is the latest HBCU to join a growing list of historically Black college basketball teams to win an NCAA Tournament game. The post Grambling State Joins Growing List Of HBCU Basketball Teams To Win NCAA Tournament Game appeared first on NewsOne.

March Madness 2024 is officially underway, and even on the first day, we saw a nail-biting finish. It all began with Wagner—marking the school’s first-ever appearance in the tourney—taking on HBCU Howard. While Wagner continued to make history as it became its first-ever win, it wasn’t easy. Wagner led most of the night, but with […]