WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be...
Grambling State head baseball coach Davin Pierre isn’t the biggest fan of tattoos and has spent over three decades of his life without one. However, that will soon change. When his players talked about getting matching tattoos during their season he thought they were joking. But when several of them decided to permanently ink “Hell...
MINNEAPOLIS – With a 2024 NBA Finals hat proudly on his head and the large Western Conference finals trophy in his hands, a smiling Kyrie Irving led the charge of triumphant Dallas Mavericks players to their locker room celebration. Irving scored 36 points as his Mavericks claimed the Western Conference title by routing the Minnesota...
Caitlin Clark‘s and Angel Reese‘s names will likely remain linked as long as either of them is in the WNBA. But some argue that is where the similarities between the two should stop, especially when considering the contrast between the way Clark has responded to some of her early WNBA career adversity versus Reese. The...
Kendrick Lamar has spent the last couple of months airing out more than a decade of built-up tension and ill will he’s had for his rap rival, Drake. Lamar has dropped five diss records since the end of March, with three coming in rapid succession over the course of a weekend. He’s channeled all that...
The Denver Nuggets closed out the 2023 NBA Finals on June 12. The next day, former NFL turned sports TV star Shannon Sharpe co-hosted his final episode of Fox Sports’ “Undisputed.” Unc Shannon sharpe got emotional thanking Skip bayless pic.twitter.com/RhkOpX353L — Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) June 13, 2023 Stephen A. Smith, who currently...
DALLAS – Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. was thrilled to finally see the No. 7 written in the top right corner of the dry-erase white board in the visiting locker room at American Airlines Center on Tuesday night. That No. 7 signified how many wins the Timberwolves needed to claim a first-ever NBA championship....
When LeVelle Moton applied for the head coaching position at his alma mater, North Carolina Central, 15 years ago, he had limited head coaching experience. Although he was then an assistant coach on the Eagles’ basketball staff, his head coaching résumé primarily featured stints at middle schools and high schools. Moton’s story parallels that of...
Caitlin Clark was always going to be the biggest story for at least the first few weeks of the 2024 WNBA season. She came into the league as the best player in college, having won National Player of the Year, and carried her Iowa team to the national championship game. She is also a major...
LeSean McCoy seemed to let some private details about NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo’s marriage slip out. During the May 16 edition of Mcoy’s “The 25 10 Show” which he co-host with his former teammate Desean Jackson, he recalled a time when he met an Instagram model in Atlanta. During the exchange with the unnamed model...