South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25
October 20, 2022
Dawn Staley and South Carolina picked up right where they left off: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.
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Los Angeles Sparks Sign Kianna Smith to 7-Day Contract
July 4, 2022
The Los Angeles Sparks announced today the signing of guard Kianna Smith to a 7-Day contract. The Sparks are signing Smith after being granted a hardship exception. Smith will be available for today’s game at Crypto.com Arena against the Phoenix Mercury at 4 p.m. PT on ESPN. The Sparks drafted Smith out of Louisville in the second round of the 2022 WNBA Draft at No. 16 overall. She was waived prior to the regular season, after appearing in both Sparks preseason games. The 6-foot combo guard was a standout at Louisville, where in two seasons after transferring from Cal-Berkeley, she
Ahmaud Arbery’s mom: Thankful for justice and son’s legacy
December 2, 2021
Tears streak down the cheek of Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda Cooper-Jones after the jury convicted Travis McMichael in the Glynn County Courthouse, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool)
FILM REVIEW: City of Ali
June 10, 2021
Can we ever get enough of Muhammad Ali? No! And so, another documentary about him is automatically good news on some level. Particularly during these troubled times when stirring up memories of “The Greatest” can connect us back to the best in humanity.
Righteous and Relentless Struggle: Again, Reflections on the Principle and Practice
June 25, 2020
Even without understanding it in the depth that would come later, we were in, 1965, a new generation building on centuries of sacrifice and struggles of all those who preceded us, those who cleared firm and sacred ground on which we stood and still stand and who opened essential and upward ways on which we would continue the unfinished struggle for liberation and ever higher levels of human life.
Ali Center in Kentucky Receives Donation to Support Muslim Cultures Exhibit
November 30, 2018
The Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky has received a donation to support an exhibit showcasing the diversity of Muslim cultures.
When Children are Forced to Protect Themselves 2018 Vote for Your Lives
April 19, 2018
The assaults on the 16 students and one school staff member represent the fifth school shooting in 2018. It also marks the 187th school shooting since April 20, 1999; 18 years ago, at 11:19 a.m. when 13 people were killed and 20 were injured in a similar attack. While the latest shootings garnered outrage across the globe, young people in African American communities were reminded of the everyday gun violence that riddles homes and doorsteps in poor communities on a daily basis with little or no fanfare.
Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (1/4- 1/10/18)
January 6, 2018
Notes, and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (10/5-10/11/17)
October 5, 2017
Notes, quotes, and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Personnel of University Basketball Programs Fired, Arrested After FBI Probe
September 29, 2017
The University of Louisville put men’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on unpaid administrative leave in wake of an FBI investigation of college basketball.
Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (12/8-12/14/2016)
December 10, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Researcher: Reopen prosecutor’s 1965 murder
August 17, 2016
In 2008, the FBI matched a fingerprint found inside her car with a man who was 17 at the time of the murder
Iyanla Vanzant Returns for New Season of “Iyanla: Fix My Life”
September 16, 2015
Iyanla Vanzant is back! The award-winning self-help series, Iyanla: Fix My Life returns to the OWN network on Saturday, September 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. In the three-part season premiere, Vanzant travels to Louisville, Kentucky to help two African American pastors, whose lives have been based on lies and deception, face their true identities and come out to their families and congregations. With her help, both Pastors take bold steps towards confessing their truth, after years of keeping their sexuality a secret from those they love.