Stars join Obama for Easter Egg Roll

Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children will be hippity-hopping across the White House's South Lawn as President Barack Obama and his family lead the annual Easter Egg Roll...

Drake says college coach inspired him to finish school

Todd Johnson

theGRIO REPORT - Kentucky men's basketball has attracted the support of some of hip-hop's biggest names since head coach John Calipari's arrival in 2009. Rapper Drake may be one of the Wildcats' most visible fans and now he's taking it a step further - telling Kentucky's cn|2 that Calipari inspired him to finish high school.

Jordan to raise money for Obama

Ken Thomas, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is joining NBA legend Michael Jordan and an array of basketball stars to raise money for his re-election campaign later this month...

John Wall's new shoe comes with lofty goals

theGrio

WASHINGTON - Despite the absence of a season, John Wall's newest shoe, the Reebok Zig Encore, has been released...

Slideshow: Where should locked out NBA stars work?

Deron Dalton

SLIDESHOW - Check out where theGrio would 'place' basketball locked out stars in jobs that are best suited to their personas...

ESPN personality race baits with black players

John Mitchell

OPINION - Cowherd says what he says to move the ratings needle, which is his job. Unfortunately for us all, far too often he relies on ugly and baseless stereotypes to accomplish this...

Police escorts given to celebs in DC

theGrio

WASHINGTON (AP) - The escort of rapper Jay-Z began on March 3, 2010, originating at Dulles and lasting from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. the next day at a cost of $1,114.20...