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There was a time when a lineup was just maintenance. A quick stop at the barbershop before church, before school, before somebody’s auntie’s cookout where reputations were quietly assessed over potato salad. But somewhere between the fade and the front office, grooming for Black men stopped being upkeep and started becoming language. A crisp line […]
Announced Saturday during Final Four weekend, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 represents a story larger than the game itself. This year’s class includes Doc Rivers, Candace Parker, Amar’e Stoudemire and Chamique Holdsclaw, amongst others. Names, each in their own way, who have helped define how basketball looks and feels, and has evolved across generations. Collectively, this class’ continued presence remains a connective thread between the game’s […]
In 1982, a 20-year-old Eddie Murphy made his late-night comedy debut on The Tonight Show. During his six-minute stand-up performance or “set”, Murphy’s confidence, charm, and material were a smash hit with the live studio audience. Immediately after he finished, The Tonight Show host, Johnny Carson, invited Murphy to have a seat on the couch […]
Have you ever been in a room with friends and somebody says something that crosses the line, but the room laughs anyway? Not because it was clean, but because it was just clever enough, just familiar enough, just close enough to land. And yet, somewhere in that same space, or just outside of it, somebody […]
As the American West has often been painted in narrow strokes, Ivan McClellan is here to reframe the picture with a full brush of color. The visual artist and filmmaker has spent the last decade amplifying Black rodeo culture, best known for his long-running project and book, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture: Photographs. McClellan has traveled the […]
Under the floodlights of the Prince Moulay Abdallah Stadium, with 68,000 spectators inside and millions watching worldwide, Senegal defeated Morocco 1-0 to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the continent’s premier football competition. In a dramatic final, the likes the continent had never seen before, it brought the curtain down on a compelling tournament, […]
In women’s college basketball, the road to a national championship almost always runs through two places: Storrs, Connecticut and Columbia, South Carolina. And sometimes, because sport enjoys irony, those roads collide before the final destination. That is what happened Friday night at Mortgage Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks met Geno Auriemma’s undefeated UConn Huskies in a national semifinal that felt like fate waiting […]
This Easter weekend will be filled with iconic church hats, stirring verses, and of course, lots of good music. Which makes the perfect time to tap into films singing praise to the spirits on high. Whether it’s in the pulpit or in the convent, these movies have captured the spirit of the season through their […]
There was a time when the locker room stood as one of the most meaningful spaces in sports culture, not because it was hidden, but because it was protected. It held relationships shaped by proximity, shared struggle, and unspoken understanding. It allowed athletes to confront tension, process pressure, and build trust without the added burden […]
Zendaya is ready to disappear for a little while, and honestly, our girl deserves it. She’s already been on a jam-packed tour for her upcoming film, The Drama, opposite Robert Pattinson, which has people in a tizzy over its controversial anti-rom-com theme and tone. So it was no surprise that in a recent interview with […]