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Feb. 22, 2024

Making Your Mental Health A Priority: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to a special series titled: “Making Your Mental Health a Priority” as I delve into sports biggest athletes and superstars. As mental health is a serious topic in sports, the stigma is being broken. As we&rsqu…

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Feb. 20, 2024

When One Door Closes, Another Will Open

Where do I begin this article as the NFL season is concluded? We’ve had the Super Bowl, and a champion was crowned. Teams are preparing for the upcoming draft as boards will be filled with well over 200 players by round. For one man, former of…

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Feb. 18, 2024

Movin' On Up

To quote a line from the classic 1970s sitcom “The Jeffersons.” We’re movin’ on up, to the Eastside, we finally got a piece of the pie.  Yes, the NFL hiring cycle has been completed with (3) black coaches getting an op…

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Feb. 16, 2024

Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game & Rules You Made

Oh, the irony of so many old white NFL owners and GMs having a reason to dislike the San Francisco 49ers. The hypocrisy of a group of men who agreed to allow minority executives and coaches to be interviewed. When a league which consists of “T…

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Feb. 14, 2024

Kobe Bryant: A Statue of Greatness

February 8th, 2024 was a celebration of the greatest Laker in franchise history. We as fans waited for a few years for this moment to arrive. Emotional stroll back down memory lane as widow Vanessa Bryant took the podium to reveal the statue Kobe pi…

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Feb. 12, 2024

A High Stakes Finish In Las Vegas

What an exciting finish to the 2023 NFL Season; capped off by a thrilling overtime finish in Super Bowl LVIII. You thought it was going to be a close game? If you took the points, I’m sure you may have won some money. If you bet high and lose,…

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Feb. 9, 2024

Super Bowl LVIII: “High Stakes Showdown”

Welcome to the final game of your 2023 NFL season; the road to Super Bowl LVIII leads us to Las Vegas, Nevada. What a very interesting postseason we’ve had with plenty of aggressive gambling and passive mistakes by some teams. But the two team…

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Feb. 6, 2024

Ehhh, What's Up Doc?

In what’s been a season of ups and downs for the Milwaukee Bucks, firing former Head Coach Adrian Griffin in his first season came as no surprise. For a team with championship aspirations and a very small window, the Bucks found themselves reg…

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Feb. 2, 2024

The Curious Case of Ben Simmons

What if I said a young man who had generational talent for the next decade plus would be a mystery? Would you believe the hype or sit back and say: “wait and see.” For Brooklyn Nets guard/forward Ben Simmons, his career has been filled w…

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Feb. 1, 2024

No Field For Old Men

If you’d told me the great Bill Belichick would be available after the most recent hiring cycle? I’m taking that bet and cashing what I can get for sure. Former New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick is a free agent as we speak. …

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