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The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics was far from ratings success. According to preliminary figures, the four-hour televised event drew about 17 million viewers Friday, marking the lowest ratings since the 1992 Barcelona games. The Wrap reports viewership was also down about 36 percent from the 2016 Olympics opener in Rio, which attracted 26.5 […]
On Tuesday, USA Track and Field shared that Sha’Carri Richardson was not selected for the Women’s 4×100 relay team. As a result, she will not be participating in the Tokyo Olympic games later this summer. The news comes on the heels of Richardson being disqualified from the 100-meter race after the USA Track & Field detected a chemical found in marijuana during […]
Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic dreams may be in jeopardy. According Jamaica Gleaner, the 21-year-old sprinter tested positive for a prohibited substance during last month’s US Olympic Trials, where she ultimately secured a spot on Team USA. It’s unclear what substance Richardson allegedly consumed, but the outlet points out the infringement could result in a one- to three-month […]
A recently opened restaurant in Atlanta’s Buckhead area, Le Bilboquet, which has come under fire in the past for only enforcing its dress code on certain patrons, is back in the public eye after allowing former NBA star Lamar Odom entry despite him wearing clothes that seemed to go against the establishment’s tight order. According to TMZ, […]
After ESPN reported that the NBA had expressed enthusiasm for restarting talks about midseason tournaments, Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray quickly came out against the idea, as a few professional ballplayers have recently. “Plz @nba stop with all these tournament talks,” he wrote via Twitter. “No need to make season complex.” In order for midseason tournaments to […]
DeVonta Smith has a stacked resume. At just 22 years old, he is a two-time national champion, a Heisman trophy winner, and arguably one of professional football’s most sought after draft picks. But Smith’s accomplishments don’t stop there. The Amite City, LA native is partnering to launch a new men’s apparel line, VRST (pronounced virst), available at […]
Maia Chaka has made NFL history. The Virginia health and physical education teacher has been hired as an on-field official for the league’s 2021 season, making her the first Black woman to hold the coveted position. The NFL announced the news Friday, nearly six years after it hired Sarah Thomas as its first full-time female […]
Gymnastics is one of the least esoteric Olympic sports. Though the grading comes down to minutiae no one outside the sport can spot, we all know an impressive routine when we see it. And boy was Nia Dennis’ routine impressive. At the very least, it will probably be the first time many of the judges have seen […]
Despite not fighting in over a year, Conor McGregor lost against Dustin Poirier in short time. The UFC 257 main event saw Poirier defeat McGregor in the second round. Saturday’s lightweight battle went down more than six years after McGregor and Poirier went head-to-head at UFC 178, where The Notorious secured a first-round TKO in under two minutes. […]
Vanessa Bryant is opening up about the reality of grief as we near the anniversary of the death of her husband and NBA behemoth Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna. “Grief is a messed up cluster of emotions,” she shared in an intimate message on Instagram. “One day you’re in the moment laughing and the next day […]
