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NFL players Demario Davis and Josh Norman pay $50K bail of...

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Op-Ed: Only an idiot would be shocked that Jay-Z’s NFL deal...

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Colin Kaepernick shares video marking three-year anniversary of his kneeling protest

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New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell speaks to reporters after a practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J., Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) thegrio.com

Jets’ Le’Veon Bell wants to be No. 1 on field, in...

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Jay-Z appear at a news conference at ROC Nation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 in New York. The NFL and ROC Nation, Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company, announced Tuesday they were teaming up for events and social activism, a deal Jay-Z said had been in the works over the last seven months. (Ben Hider/AP Images for NFL) thegrio.com

Jay-Z defends NFL deal with Roc Nation, talks Kaepernick

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Luther Johnson V has retained legal counsel to fight for his right to play high school sports after enduring racist taunts on the lacrosse field last season. (Johnson family)

Black lacrosse player files lawsuit over Athletic Association ban and calls...

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Former NBA star loses it after being sentenced to nearly four...

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's Vanguard Award Celebration at Beauty & Essex on August 21, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for TAO Group) thegrio.com

Alex Rodriguez’s jewelry and personal items stolen from rented SUV

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Serena Williams attends Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50 at The Sunset Room on July 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rachel Luna/WireImage)

Serena Williams breaks down and leaves match after suffering from back...

Kia Morgan-Smith

An athlete poses for the judges during the bodybuilding competition

Bodybuilding makes debut at Pan Am Games

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Simone Biles criticizes USA Gymnastics for failing to protect its athletes...

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Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka top Forbes list of highest paid...

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After 889 Days Colin Kaepernick tweets he’s ‘still ready’ to return...

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Philadelphia reveals the city’s first statue honoring groundbreaking Black, female athlete

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Carolina Panthers’ Eric Reid says he will continue to kneel on...

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Charles Barkley: Democrats and Republicans ‘suck’ at addressing needs of Black...

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This combination file photo shows TV personality Khloe Kardashian at the NBCUniversal Network 2017 Upfront in New York on May 15, 2017, left, and Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson during an NBA basketball practice in Oakland, Calif., on May 30, 2018. Declaring “I’m not a homewrecker,” Jordyn Woods sat down Friday, March 1, 2019, on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch show to clear up wild social media speculation over exactly what happened between her and Cleveland Cavalier Tristan Thompson: One kiss on the lips that took her by surprise. Thompson is the father of Khloe Kardashian’s baby, True, and Woods was the best friend of Kardashian sister Kylie Jenner. (AP Photo/File)video

Tristan Thompson addresses cheating rumors

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Jennifer Moore

Wisconsin asst. coach Howard Moore mending from tragic loss, suffers new...

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Serena Williams creates a wrap dress for all body types

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LeBron James lights up while celebrating son Bronny’s slam dunk finale

Kia Morgan-Smith
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