The WNBA made yet another splash last week when they unveiled a brand new logo for the Finals, ending an eight-year run for the rather generic white text logo we’ve had since 2018. As the league approaches its 30th Finals, the new logo feels like a callback to some of the classic championship logos we’ve...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. At the heart of...
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Darryl “Brotha D” Glover is dialing in from the mecca, or at least the holy land for sneakerheads. At the time of the call, Glover is in Beaverton, Oregon, for The Gathering, an annual event that unites some of the footwear industry’s most...
After months of investigation, deliberation and having to keep up with “Pablo Torre Finds Out”, the NBA finally decided to levy its punishment on Steve Ballmer, Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers organization for their salary cap circumvention and did so in historic fashion on Wednesday. The competitive sanctions imposed on the organization are...
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It took The Ink Alliance, a national collective of Black-owned comic book retailers, just five days last month to sell out 1,000 copies of its debut comic exclusive, a variant cover of DC Comics’ New Titans #38. Comic collectors from 20 states and...
With the 30th hoist within striking distance, it’s time to attach a name to the trophy granted at the end of the WNBA Finals. What’s in a name? That which we call a WNBA championship by another name would taste as sweet. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) Every football player yearns to lift the Lombardi....
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Black boys know about the talk. It’s as much a part of our lives as America itself. Whether it was about surviving chattel slavery, avoiding eye contact to escape the fate of Emmett Till or navigating a modern traffic stop — instilling survival...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally bringing a measure of resolution to a case that had gripped hip-hop fans and lingered in the public imagination for decades. The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of a single count of murder with a...
Angel Reese’s latest work hints at a major opportunity for her in the upcoming WNBA postseason. Angel Reese continues to be downright demonic for WNBA record-book keepers this season. Photo credit: Shawn Mclurkin | Ballislife Reese set yet another numerical landmark when her Atlanta Dream went into the FIBA World Cup break with an 89-81...
After missing last year’s US Open — and much of 2025 — due to injury, Sloane Stephens has found her tennis footing again. Earlier this month, she defeated then-No. 24 Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the Cincinnati Open. It was a big win for the 33-year-old Stephens, who played only five...