Author: Michael

Tidye Pickett and Louise Stokes made history when they were selected for the U.S. Olympic team in 1932. So, why don’t we hear more about them?
For two athletes who revolutionized their sport, shifted culture and changed the course of history, Tidye Pickett and Louise Stokes are not spoken of nearly enough. In 1932, the duo became the first Black women to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. And four years later, in ’36 at the Summer Games in Berlin, Pickett became the first Black woman to compete for the U.S.

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Shannon Sharpe has had enough of Ja Morant’s alleged antics.
The Memphis Grizzlies star is accused of being in a vehicle with his entourage that confronted members of the Indiana Pacers after a game.
Someone in the vehicle carrying the NBA guard flashed a laser optic believed to potentially be attached to a weapon.
The NBA determined some kind of altercation did occur, but Morant has denied he did anything wrong. He tweeted Sunday that the investigation proved “they were cappin.

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The seven-time Super Bowl champion will take a gap year away from football before embarking on his next venture in the broadcast booth.
After announcing his retirement from the NFL last Wednesday, Tom Brady revealed he plans to take a gap year from any job related to football and won’t begin his broadcast gig with Fox until the fall of 2024.

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James could pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with a big Tuesday night, but the odds point to Thursday’s game as the record-breaker.
LeBron James is 36 points shy of becoming the NBA’s all-time scoring leader.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387 points has stood for 38 years and now James is one, maybe two games away from breaking it after he added 27 points to the tally over the weekend in a loss to the Pelicans. As of Feb. 6, James stands in second place with 38,352 points to his name. He and Abdul-Jabbar are the only members of the exclusive 38,000-point club.

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Let’s figure out the winners and losers of the Kyrie Irving trade to Dallas.
The Kyrie Irving trade happened quickly even by the accelerated standards of the NBA trade deadline. Irving put in a surprise trade request to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday after failing to come to an agreement on a future contract extension. By Sunday, Irving was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, with Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and a 2029 unprotected first round pick all going back to Brooklyn.

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What is in the water in southern Iowa?! In the span of 14 days, two teammates on the Waukee High School basketball team threw down two in-game dunks that are rarely seen on any level, let alone the high school level.
Five-star Iowa State commit Omaha Biliew got the party started on the second-to-last weekend in January. He causally went between his legs on a fast break and sent the gym into a frenzy.

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