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  • Former NBA Forward Claims He Saw Charles Oakley Smack Fire Out of Charles Barkley

    It’s no secret that Charles Barkley and Charles Oakley don’t like each other. When Barkley was with the Houston Rockets and Oakley was still a bruiser for the New York Knicks the two giants once got into a fight during a pre-season game. The feud was reignited (although I’m not sure it ever died down)…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 10, 2017
  • Protests Erupt During Attorney General Confirmation Hearing for Jeff Sessions

    Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) could barely get through the opening lines of his speech during his confirmation hearing Tuesday before protests erupted. Two men dressed as Ku Klux Klan members greeted Sessions before the confirmation began, the Daily News reports. The two fake Klansmen were quickly escorted out as one of the men exclaimed, “You…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 10, 2017
  • Unique Views Podcast, Episode 25: Here Comes the Hotepper

    Eyes back! Did you miss me? That’s right—the granddaddy of them all, your favorite light-skin’s favorite light-skin, is back, and I don’t have long to be here because surely Patti LaDanielle, aka Mrs. Idris Elba, aka Danielle Young, is going to find another way to try to cancel me out with her Diana Ross-Beyoncé antics.…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 6, 2017
  • Embattled Running Back Joe Mixon Is Leaving University of Okla. to Enter NFL Draft

    University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon, who was caught on video punching a female student in the face in 2014, announced Thursday that he is leaving college to enter the 2017 NFL draft, NBC Sports reports. Mixon sat out the 2014 season after the university was informed about the incident, which left the female…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 6, 2017
  • The Final Days of Obama’s Presidency: Moving Van Spotted Inside White House

    Sad days are upon us, folks: A moving van was reportedly spotted outside the White House on Wednesday. CNN reporter Michelle Kosinski tweeted a photo of a white Moving Masters Inc. truck parked inside the White House gates near the West Wing. The Obamas, who will be out of the White House in two weeks,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 6, 2017
  • Former NFL Running Back Edgerrin James Saves Wads of Cash in a Box

    Former NFL running back Edgerrin James doesn’t keep his savings in a bank; instead he keeps ungodly amounts of cash in a box. That’s right; the onetime Indianapolis Colts great posted a photo on Instagram showing the savings he accumulated in 2016 inside a box he calls his “Vice Boxxx.” According to TMZ Sports, James…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 6, 2017
  • Trump Wants Taxpayers, Not Mexico, to Pay for Border Wall

    President-elect Donald Trump promised his voters a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and now his transition team and congressional Republicans are trying to figure out if there is any way to slide the wall building into existing legislation without passing a new bill. Two congressional officials and a senior transition-team official with knowledge of the…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 6, 2017
  • Ex-Coach Bobby Bowden Is an Old-School Racist Who Doesn’t Think He’s Racist

    Former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden strikes me as one of those Southern racists who are so racist, they don’t truthfully believe that they’re racist. The kind of racists who will pat a black man on the head or call his closest black male friend “boy”—you know, a Paula Deen-style racist. During media…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 5, 2017
  • Duke Guard Grayson Allen Is a Thug, and His Indefinite Suspension Was a Joke

    Duke guard Grayson Allen is a thug. He’s a full-fledged habitual thug who happens to be good at basketball. He’s also a temperamental, whiny brat, but make no mistake about it, he’s a thug. Mainstream media has been reluctant to call him that, and the handling of his on-court violence has been a joke, by…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 5, 2017
  • When Dabbing Goes Wrong: Lawmaker’s Son Gets Punished for Dabbing in Photo

    Somehow, all of this, this great big dabbing debacle, is all Cam Newton’s fault. That’s because the reigning NFL MVP made dabbing a thing for white kids all across the country by making this his end zone dance. Truthfully, I just don’t like the fact that Newton has declared “All Lives Matter,” and I will…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 4, 2017
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