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Super Bowl performers vow to open doors for more hip-hop
By Jonathon Landrum Jr. | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg said the NFL was late embracing hip-hop and vowed that […] The post Super Bowl performers vow to open doors for more hip-hop appeared first on The Sacramento Observer.
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With Her Speedskating Gold Medal, Erin Jackson Hopes to Inspire More Black Girls in Winter Sports
“Hopefully, this has an effect. Hopefully, we’ll see more minorities, especially in the USA, getting out and trying these winter sports,” Jackson, 29, declared. By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire While the Super Bowl expectedly received all the attention in the sports
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Ducks’ Trevor Zegras brings Vegas showmanship to NHL All-Star Skills event - L.A. Focus News
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS — Tampa Bay’s Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis’ Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star Skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor on Friday night. Carolina’s Sebastian Aho won the Accuracy Shooting
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Rams finish off their comeback to L.A., win Super Bowl LVI - L.A. Focus News
Excess was the order of the day. From the outrageous prices simply to park, let alone to get in SoFi Stadium, to the non-stop stream of celebrities who suddenly were diehard fans and the dream Los Angeles halftime show, there was little that was subtle about Super Bowl LVI. Then Rams owner Stan
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Nolan Richardson’s bottom line ‘helping our people to become better’
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In ad, Senate hopeful smokes pot, slams arrest disparities
By Kevin McGill | The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A political newcomer in Louisiana whose adept use of social media drew notice when he finished strong in a […] The post In ad, Senate hopeful smokes pot, slams arrest disparities appeared first on The Sacramento Observer.
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Falcons fan Henry Ison named NFL Fan of The Year Presented by Captain Morgan - The Atlanta Voice
A judging panel consisting of NFL executives, NFL Legends and media personalities identifiedAtlanta Falcons fan Henry Ison as the 2021 NFL Fan of the Year presented by Captain Morgan during Thursday evening’s 11th annual NFL Honors dinner and awards celebration. Each year, the NFL
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Talking Super Bowl, Rams coach Sean McVay’s voice shows the strain - L.A. Focus News
Three years ago, Sean McVay’s voice didn’t show the wear and tear of coaching a Super Bowl team until after the game. This time, he started to lose it five days out from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI between the Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium. “I feel great, I just sound like
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Can anyone catch ‘Rocket Man’ Nathan Chen? Not likely - L.A. Focus News
At the end of an Olympic epic in which Nathan Chen soared like a star shooting through a sky full of brilliance, his sport, like the rest of the planet unable to do anything but look on with amazement, the 22-year-old dropped a hint that he might be human after all. At least off the
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US inflation highest in 40 years, with no letup in sight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering American consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to […] The post US inflation highest in 40 years, with no letup in sight appeared first o
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Why Passengers May Not Recognize BHM by The World Games 2022
Here are some of the improvements being made at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport ahead of The World Games 2022, July 7-17 in Birmingham, AL Baggage Handling Software—$800,000 A new Baggage Source Message (BSM) system will allow users to view historical information about system
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Carter High School Varsity Cheer Program Heads to Nationals - Texas Metro News
Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall poses with the David W. Carter High School Varsity Cheer program at Sunday’s Mavs game. The team, who rank ninth in the State of Texas, fifth in the nation and are the first all-Black 4A team to place at UIL, will leave on Wednesday for The UCA National High
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Influential fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies at 73 - The Atlanta Voice
NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73. Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley’s death to USA Today late Tuesday, but no additional details were immediately available. Tal
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Snoop Dogg Buys Iconic Death Row Records Label
Snoop Dogg released his first album with Death Row Records in 1993. Less than 30 years later, he now owns the entire company. By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire In true Snoop Dogg form, holding a blunt in one hand and dancing to the thumping and soulful music blaring in
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Large crowd of Rams fans ordered to disperse from Downtown LA - L.A. Focus News
Rams fans celebrating victory in the Super Bowl flooded the streets of downtown Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 13, prompting an order to clear the area from police. Large crowd at 11th and hope…@gabenewsla live at 9pm on @NBCLA. LAPD has ordered crowd to disburse. #Rams #DTLA pic.twitter.com/CX5Yp1JPLU
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‘Super Bowl Experience’ sparks echoes of old LA Rams and that one-of-a-kind Prince halftime show - L.A. Focus News
The murmur of a faint Los Angeles memory is still alive somewhere deep in the circuits of my aged neural synapses: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1970-something. With dad, a hot dog, and a dream come true - watching Wendell Tyler run. It was Rams against somebody - can’t remember who. But I can
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Inspiring Passion at the Ground Level
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New evidence of discrimination against Black coaches in the NFL since 2018 | New Pittsburgh Courier
Eric Bieniemy, who has been the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive coordinator since 2018, has reportedly interviewed for 14 head-coaching jobs. Dustin Bradford/Getty Images by Joshua D. Pitts, Kennesaw State University Boldly going where no NFL coach has gone before, recently fired Miami Dolphins head
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Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals: Who has the edge in Super Bowl LVI? - L.A. Focus News
RAMS (15-5) VS. BENGALS (13-7) When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood TV/radio: Channel 4; 710 AM, 93.1 FM, 1330 AM (Spanish) Line: Rams by 4 Notable injury designations: Rams: TE Tyler Higbee (knee) and OL Joe Noteboom (chest) were placed on injured reserve; RB Darrell Henderson
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St. Francis overcomes Heritage Christian’s size to advance in boys basketball playoffs - L.A. Focus News
The St. Francis boys basketball team had to find a way to make up for the size mismatch against a tough Heritage Christian team that boasted two players listed at 6-foot-10. It seemed like a daunting task considering no one on the Golden Knights roster is taller than 6-5. However, what St. Francis
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Mikaela Shiffrin finishes super-G without crashing - L.A. Focus News
By HOWARD FENDRICH BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a time way out of medal contention — but for the first time in three races at the 2022 Games, she made it to the finish. The two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist crossed the line at the bottom
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Clippers just met Norman Powell, but they’ll miss him - L.A. Focus News
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers absorbed another body blow Sunday with the news that newly acquired guard Norman Powell would join injured All-Stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the sideline, none of them with a return date to speak of. Powell sustained a fractured medial sesamoid bone in his left
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Lakers fall to Warriors despite strong effort - L.A. Focus News
All season long, the Lakers have been trying to shake the best out of a creaky veteran roster. But on Saturday night, it was Golden State that got the best blast from the past. The Lakers (26-31) fought valiantly in their first game after an emotionally turbulent trade deadline, trying desperately
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Emboldened China opens Olympics, with lockdown and boycotts - The Atlanta Voice
BEIJING (AP) — China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some coun
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Alexander: An L.A. Rams championship after all these years - L.A. Focus News
INGLEWOOD — As Aaron Donald came off the field Sunday evening, after harassing Joe Burrow into one last incompletion in the final minute and finally burying the Cincinnati Bengals' improbable championship hopes, he tapped his wrist as if he were motioning to his watch. The implication? Pick
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U.S. snowboard coach, rider being investigated for misconduct - L.A. Focus News
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Rams’ Andrew Whitworth wins Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award - L.A. Focus News
INGLEWOOD — Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth cemented his legacy for his charitable work off the field on Thursday night when he was named the 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year at the NFL Honors award show. As the winner of the award, he will receive $250,000 to donate to the charity of
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Higher Ground NDC to Sponsor MLK Jr. Day of Service in East Oakland’s Sobrante Park and Brookfield Neighborhoods | | Post News Group
Higher Ground has partnered with community-based programs that will be on hand to provide valuable resources including a food giveaway, the City’s Stop Waste Program, designed to help people with gardening and growing their own food, and the Sobrante Park Leadership Council who assist residents in
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Riverside deaf school football players to take part in Super Bowl coin toss - L.A. Focus News
On Sunday, Feb. 13, California School for the Deaf, Riverside, football team's historic year of highs and lows will end with one final peak: A Super Bowl appearance. The Cubs’ four co-captains will be on the field at SoFi Stadium during the coin toss for Super Bowl LVI. 'The Rams are my favorite
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Black History Month in Philadelphia: African American Museum includes events on hip hop, Harriet Tubman and Ned Hector
The African American Museum of Philadelphia is kicking off its Black History Month events with a lecture on the history of hip hop and a virtual screening of 'Harriet,' a biopic on Harriet Tubman. The museum also has a concert series and a Ned Hector impersonator slated for later in February.
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