Sugar Ray Leonard was sexually abused by his coach, the boxer reveals in an upcoming memoir Big Fight. In a week, where numerous sports figures have admitted to either being gay or being sexually abused, the Hall of Fame boxer joins the list. At age 15, Leonard and another teenage fighter were instructed to take […]
The first African-American to own a NASCAR racing team will link up with the organization again in an executive role for one of its most important foundations: The NASCAR STEM Initiative. As part of a larger education program called the Ten80 Student Racing Challenge, the NASCAR STEM Initiative uses its powerful name brand (and extremely […]
NEW YORK – Marie Lauradin plead guilty to first-degree assault charges for lighting her 6-year-old daughter on fire in a voodoo ritual to get rid of evil spirits. The New York Daily News reports: Lauradin, 30, admitted pouring rum over daughter Frantzcia Santil’s head during the June 2009 incident in the basement of her Queens […]
NewsOne is proud to welcome our new cartoonist Kevin Eason. You should expect new pieces from Kevin on a weekly basis as he tackles topics in popular culture ranging from politics, sports, and entertainment. Today, he takes on Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, who is launching a new cologne line called “Parfum De Neverland” which […]
Princeton professor Melissa Harris Perry wrote an op-ed on The Nation’s website today speaking about what she believes to be the “thin, personal” criticisms being thrown the way of President Obama from Professor Cornel West. Here is some of the piece: West’s sense of betrayal is clearly more personal than ideological. In Hedges’s article West […]
EGYPT–Al Qaeda has appointed Saif Al-Adel, an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos, al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
QUEENS, New York– Mabou Loiseau, a five-year-old child prodigy who is home-schooled can speak seven languages, play six instruments, and scored in the 99th percentile on the test for gifted and talented schools in New York City.
Princeton professor Cornel West is on a mission to tear down President Obama. The latest stop on his tour was on MSNBC’s The Ed Show. On the show, West complained about the issue of Black unemployment and his belief that the president doesn’t care about poor people. He even went as far to say that […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – In a move to ridicule the right wing “birther” movement, the Barack Obama 2012 Presidential Campaign is selling t-shirts with “Made In The USA” on one side and Barack Obama’s birth certificate on the other. RELATED STORIES Colin Powell On Birthers: “Obama Blew Them Away” Obama Slams Media On Birther Issue: “No […]
NEW YORK- The NYPD is placing bags in public view full with items such as IPods and cash and then arresting people if they take the bag or its contents in an initiative called “Operation Lucky Bag”. The New York Daily News reports: Attorney Norman Siegel said people who are arrested through Operation Lucky Bag […]
Maya Moore, the 6″0 star from UConn and the number one overall draft pick in the WNBA, became the first female athlete to sign with the Jordan Brand. Clutch Magazine reports: In a press release from the company announcing the deal, Nike and the Jordan family expressed their excitement naming Moore as their newest brand […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opened up to an audience of attorneys in his home state of Georgia on Tuesday, comparing critics of the bench to die-hard sports fans and wondering aloud whether they suffer from a “disease of illiteracy or laziness.” Thomas, who was born in nearby Pin Point, told the […]
