A TikTok creator claims this was the first time she has ever been racially profiled as she was walking down the street in Jackson, Mississippi. An older white lady pulls up, claims she’s taking pictures of the creator, and calls the cops because the creator looks Asian and shouldn’t be in this country.’ The TikToker […]
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Beginning next fall, a new CIAA champion will be crowned in a new sport. Friday afternoon, the conference announced they received NCAA approval to add women’s flag football as a varsity sport, beginning with the 2026-27 academic/athletic year. The CIAA becomes the first HBCU conference to fully sanction women’s flag football as a varsity sport.
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A 20-year-old South African, Lerato Molelwang, released a video on January 15, claiming she was used and humiliated by a casting agency called African Audition. She claims she has never signed any contract with the agency and was also misled. “I did not sign any contract and was taken advantage of under pretenses,” Molelwang says.
Several great players, coaches and an important contributor from HBCUs will be honored this coming June. The Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 includes Rudy Hubbard (Florida A&M), Tyrone Poole (Fort Valley State), Eddie Robinson Jr. (Alabama State), Nick Collins (Bethune-Cookman), Jimmy Smith (Jackson State), and Steve Wyche (Howard). The announcement was
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Two current HBCU basketball players are in hot water with the federal government as gambling-related charges were announced Thursday morning. Camian Shell of Delaware State and Texas Southern’s Oumar Koureissi are implicated in a far-ranging indictment of players from various schools, with former athletes at North Carolina A&T, Alabama State, and Coppin State included. The
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The son of an HBCU and NFL legend will be joining his father at work next season. D.J. Williams, son of former Grambling great and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams, will be hired as the Washington Commanders’ new quarterbacks coach, according to an ESPN report. He most recently served as quarterbacks coach of the
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Conservative OnlyFans creator Anya Lacey, also known as “trad wife,” is resisting an OnlyFans taxation plan proposed by a candidate running for Florida governor. According to this candidate, OnlyFans income should be taxed at a high rate. Lacey, 19, responded to an offer from Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback, a long-time Republican candidate who wants
On Tuesday, Saks Global, the company who owns department store Saks Fifth Avenue, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The news comes less than a year after a deal brought together Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus within the same company. Saks Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy The company announced it filed
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Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, has died. Colvin’s act preceded the more famous case of Rosa Parks later that year, and Colvin’s case helped bring about the end of segregation in that state. Arrested for refusing
Ravyn Lenae is helping make tax season feel a little more effortless. The Chicago-born artist is lending her voice—and signature sound—to a new campaign that reimagines one of adulthood’s most dreaded tasks. Lenae recently dropped a fresh rendition of Queen’s classic “Bicycle Ride” for a new campaign with TurboTax, putting her own spin on the
