NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A few days after putting a comment on his Twitter account that he was cancer free, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said on Thursday it was a “misstatement.” “You’re never really cancer free and I should have known that,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “My cancer right now is at an absolute minimum.” The […]
Egypt — President Hosni Mubarak’s speech is the equivalent of Gary Cooper, Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood sneering, “You want power? Come and get it!” He may be a dictator but he is one tough dude. Or maybe he is a dictator because he is one tough dude. The most important thing spoken during this […]
We at NewsOne wanted to provide our audience with something fresh and original for our Black History Month campaign. We decided to look back in the last ten years and take the five biggest Black stories from each and create a timeline. Everything from Aaliyah’s death, the “Jena Six” protests, Barack Obama’s election, Michael Jackson’s […]
By Dwayne C. Nelson Kobe Bryant showed why he’s the best closer in the game last night in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 92-86 victory over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. Bryant nailed 20 of his 23 points in the second half for the two-time defending NBA champs. The Celtics’ Ray Allen, who eclipsed Reggie […]
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with his group The Impressions, as well as his solo work continues to live on in today’s music through sampling. Having been sampled by artists ranging from Mary J Blige to Kanye West, his music has […]
1990 –Â After 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is released from jail and subsequently leads the charge to end Apartheid.
