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Jada White Turned Her Hardships Into Poetry
By: Percy Lovell Crawford
By Percy Lovell Crawford How someone deals with tragedy can define a life. For Jada White, writing helped her cope with losing her father at 6 years old, and her grandmother drowning in the floodwaters created by Hurricane Katrina. Those incidents prompted her to write two poetry books: “The Flower...
Combate Global Set To Be Most-Watched MMA Brand In North America
By: George A. Willis
By George A. Willis First he was the co-creator of the of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Now Campbell McLaren is making his MMA Hispanic sports and media franchise into the biggest in North America. Today the UFC is one of the most successful franchises in sports history and Combate Global...
Jermell Charlo’s Birthday Wish: Stop Brian Castaño In 154-pound Unification Rematch
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Jermell Charlo wants to have a knockout anniversary. So the fighter known as “Iron Man” aims to give himself an early birthday present on Saturday by stopping Brian Castaño in a 154-pound undisputed unification rematch at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. “This is one of...
Hyundai Launches New Electric Appeal For African Americans
By: Kevin Michael Briscoe
By Kevin Michael Briscoe Hyundai unveiled one of the world’s largest marketing efforts to sell electric vehicles to African Americans. Culture Brands, a Washington, D.C.-area firm that made news last year by becoming the automaker’s first minority advertising agency of record, is leading the strategy and design of the new...
Chasing Victory: Female Runner Sets New Record Of 102 Marathons In 102 Days
By: John Murphy
By John Murphy After losing her leg to a rare form of cancer, long-distance runner Jacky Hunt-Broersma spent her life overcoming physical obstacles, climatological hurdles and thousands of miles to do exactly what people said was impossible for her. This year, for 102 straight days, Hunt-Broersma ran a full marathon...
A Voice For The Voiceless: Nonprofit Helps Victims Of Injustice Reclaim Their Stories
By: Percy Lovell Crawford
By Percy Lovell Crawford NEW ORLEANS — Injustice is not limited to a particular race, religion or gender. It comes in many forms and often goes unnoticed. Doing their part to shine a light on injustice in New Orleans and elsewhere, Angelique Phipps and Jolie Bernard have teamed up to provide...
Errol Spence Overcomes Perilous Sixth Round To Stop Yordenis Ugas
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Errol Spence declared “I’m the best fighter at 147 pounds and arguably the best fighter in the world” before Saturday’s 10th-round technical knockout over Yordenis Ugas in front of nearly 40,000 spectators at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Remaining undefeated at 28-0 with an equally impressive 22...
Boxer Yordenis Ugas Aims To Take Down Another Southpaw
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Yordenis Ugas wants to add Errol Spence to his impressive list of vanquished southpaw champions. The Cuban WBA 147-pound champion has been calling out IBF/WBC champion Spence for quite a while, and he’ll face “The Truth” in a unification bout on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington,...
