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The first annual Holiday Hoopsgiving college tournament tipped off at State Farm Arena in Downtown Atlanta on Sunday as the 20th ranked Kentucky Wildcats came into town, the local Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets hoped to get their first win of the season on home soil. Both the Yellow Jackets and Wildcats came into the tournament off back to back losses […]
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
Governor Brian P. Kemp signed two executive orders on November 30, extending Georgia's Public Health State of Emergency until January 8, 2021, and extending current COVID-19 restrictions. This is the ninth time Kemp has extended both executive orders which take effect on December 1. In the Renewal of Public Health State of Emergency executive order, Kemp made changes that allow […]
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the couple’s name, contact number(s) and what makes their love story unique. […]
The Atlanta Hawks have announced a partnership with Fulton County to transform the State Farm Arena into Georgia’s largest-ever voting precinct
Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
Until last weekend, Mississippi was on the wrong side of history as one of the Confederate States of America that was governed by a state flag that still bears stars and bars representing systematic racism, oppression and slavery.
Hill struck a chord in the fanbase of Mississippi State football fans, and throughout the Southeastern Conference when he said he wasn’t going to represent the school anymore as long as the confederate flag was a part of his home state’s flag.
The Mississippi native, who led the best conference in college football in rushing last year, said via Twitter “Either change the flag or I won’t be representing this State anymore & I meant that…I’m tired.”
The Mississippi State Legislature voted to remove the Confederate logo from its flag becoming the last state to remove the racist symbol over weekend.
After more than 120 years of flying over the state of Mississippi, the Confederate battle flag is no longer a part of the state's official flag.
\"People who wanted to keep the flag couldn't ignore what it meant anymore,\" says Democratic state Rep. Robert Johnson, the minority leader in the Mississippi House.
\"You can't live in Mississippi as an African American and don't every day feel angry when you see that flag,\" Johnson says.
Johnson says economic pressure helped force the change as it became increasingly clear that the flag was a liability for Mississippi because it's widely seen as a racist symbol.
State Sen. Chris McDaniel led the fight against changing the flag in the Legislature.
Kyla Pratt’s longtime love—the father of her three children once gifted her with a portrait of her as Rose in Titanic (he’s just creative like that). The Christmas gift is […]
The post Kyla Pratt’s Real Life Is As Romantic As The Lifetime Movie She Stars In appeared first on Essence.
Los Angeles County, along with the rest of Southern California, will likely have to close salons, museums and tattoo shops, and impose further business restrictions sometime Sunday, after Southern California’s intensive-care bed capacity fell below 15% on Friday, Dec. 4, triggering a new statewide stay-at-home order on the same day the county once again broke […]
Jules Bernard #1 of the UCLA Bruins drives to the basket against the Seattle Redhawks in the first half of a NCAA basketball game at Pauley Pavilion in Westwood on Thursday, December 3, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Jaime Jaquez Jr. #4 of the UCLA Bruins drives to the basket against Rip […]
Georgia Tech had not won an ACC road game to open a season since 1996, long before everyone on the roster was born. But the Yellow Jackets now have a significant win to build on in Year Two under coach Geoff Collins. True freshman Jeff Sims, who was once a Florida State commitment, threw for 277 yards and a touchdown […]
The second round of the high school playoffs begin Friday and two APS (Atlanta Public Schools) teams remain in the playoffs. The Carver-Atlanta Panthers and the Hornets of South Atlanta are the two teams continuing to battle for a chance to compete for a State title at Center-Parc Stadium in late December. The Hornets will be hosting the Bremen Blue […]
Michael Sam is an American footballer who plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He is also one of the few openly gay players in the National Football League (NFL). He was born Michael Alan Sam Jr. to Jo Ann and Michael Sam, the seventh of eight children in the family. He attended Hitchcock High School in Hitchcock, Texas and joined the school’s football team as a water boy at first, before being selected. He played both defensive and offensive positions on the team. During all four years of high school, Sam earned first-team All-District honors as a defensive lineman and as an offensive lineman in his junior and senior years. He received scholarship offers from several colleges such as Colorado State University, the University of Houston and Arizona State University but decided to attend the University of Missouri, or Mizzou as it is more popularly called.
Sam attended the University of Missouri from 2009 to 2013. He was redshirted in his first year, meaning that he delayed his participation in order to lengthen his period of eligibility, which is typically 4 years, to an extended period of 5 years. He participated in the Big 12 athletic conference and recorded 3.5 quarterback sacks and 24 tackles in his freshman year. In his sophomore year, his strategic play helped his team to beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and made them eligible to participate in postseason games. In 2012, he transferred to the Southeastern Conference (SEC), starting in 9 games and registering 3.5 sacks. In 2013, during his senior year, he tied Missouri’s single season record for sacks and scored the highest quarterback sacks and tackles for the SEC.
He was titled “SEC Defensive Player of the Week” for two weeks in a row as well as “SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year” post season. He was also selected in the all-SEC first team and all-American first team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sporting News, Football Writers Association of America, Associated Press and American Football Coaches Association. He was also a semifinalist for a number
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt has removed the interim title, making Candice Storey Lee the first woman to become an athletic director in the Southeastern Conference.
That made Lee the first woman to run athletics at Vanderbilt, and she said she was incredibly honored and could not be in this position without the support of Vanderbilt’s leadership, coaches, staff and fans.
Lee joins Carla Williams at Virginia as the only black women athletic directors at a Power Five school, with Sandy Barbour at Penn State, Jennifer Cohen at Washington and Heather Lyke at Pittsburgh the other women ADs.
She became Vanderbilt’s senior woman administrator in the athletics department in 2004 and deputy athletic director in 2016.
Susan R. Wente, Vanderbilt’s interim chancellor and provost, said Lee hit the ground running after being appointed interim athletic director earlier this year.
Just as the pandemic is at its worst, a handful of cities in Los Angeles County are seeking to break away from the county’s massive Public Health Department, seeking to create their own. On Thursday, the city of Lancaster approved a city report on how to do it. That came on the heels of the […]
The 38-year-old reality star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is the granddaughter of civil rights leader and activist Hosea Williams.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the recent Black Lives Matter protests, she joined Bravo host Andy Cohen on the Monday, June 8 “Watch What Happens Live” segment, and reflected on the bigotry she encountered while protesting alongside her grandfather.
Her grandfather, famed civil rights leader Rev. Hosea Williams — then an Atlanta City Council member — marched with a group of protesters near Cumming, Georgia.
So of course after that there was a conversation with my dad when I got home to let me know that some people do hate you, even though you may be trying to do a good thing, Williams recalled from the conversation with her father.
On June 1, Williams and her fiancé Dennis McKinley protested in downtown Atlanta to take action against police brutality and systemic racism.
\"It depends on what's happening with the world.\"
The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed guard Quinn Cook, it was announced today by Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.
The post Lakers Re-Sign Quinn Cook appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
Here is a look at some protests across the country:
ATLANTA — Protesters set a police car on fire, struck officers with bottles, vandalized the headquarters of CNN, and broke into a restaurant in downtown Atlanta as a demonstration that started peacefully quickly changed tone Friday evening.
NEW YORK — Demonstrators took to New York City streets on Friday for a second day in protest of the death of George Floyd, the black Minnesota man killed in police custody, and invoked the names of other black people who died at police hands.
WINDERMERE, Fla. — A group of about 10 protesters gathered Friday near a Florida town home that belongs to a white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police used a helicopter and tear gas as they retreated from a crowd of people after a confrontation that followed a protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
FONTANA, Calif. — Nine people were arrested after rocks were thrown at businesses, vehicles and officers during a Southern California protest stemming from the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody.
by KEVIN MAPASURE FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza is expecting Costa dol Sol to give his team a challenge in their Caf Champions League preliminary round second leg qualifier after the Zimbabwe champions won 2-1 away last week. While the platinum miners carry an advantage, Mapeza is wary of the opponents whom he described as a dangerous side ahead of today’s match at the National Sports Stadium. Last week, FC Platinum scored through Ralph Kawondera in the 71st minute before Costa dol Sol equalised late on and with a sense of stalemate seemingly settling in, new acquisition Elias Maguri struck a wonder goal to give the Zvishavane side a firmer grip of the tie. Today, the miners need to avoid a two-goal margin defeat for them to qualify and Mapeza said he has implored his players to guard against complacency. He has demanded the same application and concentration from the first leg, but wants to see his team limiting mistakes as well as giving away set pieces. Mapeza expects the visitors to throw everything at them as they will be playing with less pressure. “We know the challenges that we face tomorrow after the first leg. They (Costa dol Sol) will come here with nothing to lose,” Mapeza told reporters yesterday. “They are going to come here and push and if they managing a 2-0 win then we are out of the competition, so that is what we have been talking to the boys about. The most important thing for us is to guard against complacency.” FC Platinum have also been boosted by the return of Stanley Ngala who missed last week’s match as he was attending trials in South Africa. “In the first match in Mozambique, we didn’t have Ngala and he is back now after undergoing trials in South Africa. So this week, we were working much on what we picked in Mozambique. We were talking about set pieces. In Mozambique, we were conceding unnecessary set pieces, so it is something that we have to rectify.” Having spent a week in camp with his men in Harare, Mapeza feels that his squad is in a better condition compared to what they were in the first match. “I have had time with the boys, it’s about five days now. We have had time to bond, we are getting stronger. I am happy with the camp in Harare because in Zvishavane the players were training coming from home. I hope that if everything goes according to our plan, come five o’clock we are going home smiling.” Follow Kevin on Twitter @KevinMapasure
Help save lives this summer at the Atlanta Hawks Blood Drive in partnership with Budweiser
Donors urgently needed July 10 at State Farm Arena to prevent blood shortage
ATLANTA (June 26, 2020) — The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donations to prevent another blood shortage as hospitals resume surgical procedures and patient treatments that were temporarily paused earlier this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That’s why the community is invited to team up with the Red Cross and Atlanta Hawks at their summer blood drive, in partnership with Budweiser and sponsored by 11 Alive, Friday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at State Farm Arena, 1 State Farm Dr. in Atlanta.
There is no known end date in this fight against coronavirus, and the Red Cross urgently needs the help of donors and blood drive hosts to ensure blood products are readily available for patients.
Donors who help support the urgent need by giving at this drive will be able to view their results 7-10 days after donation through the Red Cross Blood Donor App or at RedCrossBlood.org.
Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center follows the highest standards of safety and infection control, and additional precautions – including temperature checks, social distancing and face coverings for donors and staff – have been implemented to ensure the health of all those in attendance.
