Uncle Luke Campbell received some major backing for his Liberty City Optimist (Warriors) football program. Over the weekend, Luther Campbell announced Adidas has donated $300,000 to the program, in addition to equipment for the Sam Johnson Youth Center at…

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The maker of Barbie has announced it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last year’s Olympics while wearing a hijab. 

Mattel Inc. said the doll will be available online next…

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Michael Vick has been through it all. The dual-threat playmaker was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft, set numerous quarterback rushing records, made four Pro Bowls and amassed a fortune playing football. Then it all disappeared…

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The NBA will begin selling jersey sponsorships in 2017-18, becoming the first major North American sports league to put partners' logos on players' uniforms. The three-year trial was approved April 15 by NBA owners and will take effect when the…

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As further proof that there is nothing new under the sun, the documentary “Manchild” tells the story of Schea Cotton who came before LeBron James. He came up during the time of Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett but had the…

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Cameron Newton responds to all his critics after the Super Bowl and basically says what no one wants to here and that is I am my own person and choose to live and make decisions according to my values.  

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NFL owners voted on Jan 12 to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to a new stadium just outside Los Angeles, and the San Diego Chargers will have an option to share the facility. The Oakland Raiders, who also…

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Stephon Marbury is so big in China that he's been immortalized with his own statue and postage stamp.Now a museum dedicated to the former NBA star is set to open Dec 28. Marbury attended the grand opening for the…

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The humble mouthguard that C-shaped piece of plastic that protects an athlete’s teeth has remained relatively unchanged for the past 60 years. But today, the most unassuming part of a football player’s gear is poised for a technological makeover that…

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WE’VE known since 1964 that cigarette smoking is harmful to your health. We’ve known for more than 40 years that alcohol damages the developing brain of a child. We’ve known since the mid 70's that asbestos causes cancer and other…

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Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri will host his second annual benefit in support
of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the charity that he co-founded in 2003, The Giant of Africa
on Dec 5. 

Ujiri, born in Zaria, Nigeria,…Read more

Many tend to forget the accomplishments and achievements that Arthur Ashe has
won in his years as a man, athlete, philanthropist. Ashe remains the only black man
to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, or Australian Open.…Read more

Amy Poehler is reteaming with Ike Barinholtz for an untitled basketball comedy just picked up by Universal.
Poehler will star and produce the comedy via her Paper Kite Productions banner.  Poehler will play a once
promising basketball coach who is…Read more

NBA fans who want to watch out-of-market games that are not on national television can now do so by the
game. The league will announce July 22 that, for the first time, fans can pay $6.99 to buy any NBA…Read more

In 2014 former Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals running back Rashard Mendenhall retired
at age 26, walking away from millions in potential earnings. While Mendenhall may no longer be playing,
he's still drawing on his NFL experience as a part…Read more

Professional athletes with sneaker lines take note. Mo’Ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win
a Little League World Series game, is doing it better than you and for a worthy cause. The baseball
phenom has partnered with M4D3 (Make…Read more

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"Let's take a selfie," Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka tells his eight-year-old daughter
Raine as they sit on a patio early in the film Son of the Congo. Raine stands behind her dad and
plants a kiss on…Read more

Boxing fans will finally get a showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The two men have
signed on for a May 2 fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas after years of failed negotiations. Almost just as…Read more

Boosted by Steve Ballmer's league-record $2 billion purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers,
the franchise values of NBA teams rose an average of 72 percent in one year, according to
new estimates released by Forbes Jan 21. The Los Angeles…Read more

Renowned speed king Idris Elba has unveiled the first project to come out of his
co-production deal with Shine North with extreme racing docu-series The Idris Elba
Project for the Discovery Channel.The six-part series will see Elba push his body,…Read more

A normal eighth grader might not have much of a life story to write about.
But honor roll student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mo'ne Davis, one
of BAZAAR's 2014 Women Who Dare who became a star after out-pitching
the boys during…Read more

Does the former New York Yankees captain and likely Hall of Fame shoo-in whose 20-year
baseball playing career ended on Sunday want to become a media mogul? If so, then this
is his lead-off hit: Derek Jeter is the Founding…Read more

As video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee unconscious continues to spark discussion
about domestic abuse, actor and former NFL player Terry Crews weighed in on the scandal,
recalling the violence of his own childhood, Entertainment Tonight reports. The Brooklyn…Read more

Running back Ray Rice has been released by the Baltimore Ravens after
video (see below) emerges of him assaulting his wife Janay Palmer in an elevator in
Atlantic City. He originally received only a  2 game suspension from the NFL.…Read more