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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Kenny Smith, one of the hosts of Inside the NBA, walked off the set of the show on Wednesday night. Smith did so to show solidarity with the Milwaukee Bucks and other NBA players who are boycotting their playoff games following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in
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Fathers of NBA players discuss raising strong Black children
Tobias Harris #12 of the Philadelphia 76ers hugs his mother, Lisa Harris, and his father, Torrell Harris, watches after the game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on November 22, 2019 in
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The Jersey Kevin Garnett Rocked In “Uncut Gems” Sold At Auction To Benefit COVID-19 Relief
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Documentary Stamps Prince George’s Basketball Skills | Afro
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Leonard Pitts Jr. | NBA calls timeout, because enough is enough - African American News Today - EIN News
… last week. Rivers, who is African American, gave an impassioned postgame speech … can gauge how fed up African Americans are by the fact that … standing up for and with African Americans. There is also reason to …
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FILM REVIEW: Fatal Affair - Voice and Viewpoint
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic Dull suspense/thrillers are most often mired in formula. Example: Woman in distress. Man stalks her. Confrontations and narrow escapes. Big do-or-die finale. The Perfect Guy (Sanaa Lathan is hounded by Michael Ealy) stuck to those basics. Fatal Affair
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NBA legend Patrick Ewing tests positive for COVID-19 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Movie Review; Fatal Affair. - ThyBlackMan
Movie Review Fatal Affair never builds to the dramatic desperation its genre requires. Never becomes more than the sum of its parts. That’s a crime. More of a crime than any felony in the movie. 
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'I Guess Black Women Are Exotic': Nia Long Cracks Fans Up After She Responds to 50 Cent's Post About Her Netflix Film 'Fatal Affair'
'Fatal Affair,' a psychological thriller that stars Nia Long and Omar Epps, dropped on Netflix on Thursday, July 16. Folks who watched the film appear […]
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LeBron James Used His First Post Game Press Conference To Keep The Focus On Breonna Taylor
Following the Los Angeles Lakers' first tuneup game against the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron James met with the invited press and let it be known he hasn't lost sight about what is going outside of the bubble in regards to social justice and Breonna Taylor's death.
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James Harden Says He Wasn't Trying to Make a Political Statement While Wearing Thin Blue Line Face Mask
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Kyrie Irving and LeBron James Differ On Returning NBA Season
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Threatened To ‘Reexamine’ NBA Team’s Tax Benefits If They Knelt During National Anthem - Blavity
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Players, Coaches Kneel Before NBA’s Re-Opening Night
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Harden and Westbrook are no-shows for first practice of season restart - DefenderNetwork.com
The Houston Rockets held their first official practice of the season restart on Saturday without their All-Star backcourt. Guards James Harden and Russell Westbrook have yet to join their teammates and the other 21 NBA teams at Walt Disney World in Orlando for the restart of the season, but coach
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BILL VAUGHAN'S TASTY CLIPS: Morris Day comes to the rescue with Funk Corona -
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