Rahm Emanuel has a weird way of boosting education. 

The Mayor of Chicago recently closed 50 schools in the city, citing extreme budget shortcomings. All those taxes don't seem to be raising a whole lot of money for Emmanuel, so it

Reality is perception. On Tuesday, NFL Networks' Jamie Dukes discussed the reality of Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. During his first three years in the league, he's had his fair share of minor run-ins with the law. Nothing too

Floyd Mayweather announced he will fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 14th. Alvarez has

Congress has a full plate on its domestic table this summer. The sequester still isn’t over and unemployment is sky-high, especially in the African-American community. However, 10 members of Congress have sent letters to members of the Nation

Before the Grizzlies’ exceptional season is totally forgotten, a word about Zach Randolph.

Late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the Grizzlies-Spurs series, there was the constantly stark image of Randolph trudging up the floor, dri

LeBron James is the best basketball player on the planet. However, we have a tendency to continuously seek more from him. We want more titles from him, more points and we want him to play more positions. Sometimes they're in different sports. J

There are lots of people you might want your children thinking about before they go to sleep, or who you might want teaching your children before bed time. Metta World Peace probably isn't one of those people, unless he's a relative.

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If it seems that Shaquille O’Neal is everywhere lately, that’s actually not the case. However, nobody can be faulted for thinking otherwise. The future NBA Hall Of Famer’s ubiquitous mug is all over television these days, due to h

On Tuesday evening, things got a little light-hearted for the President when he popped up on stage at a White House event with smudged lipstick on his collar. The President immediately pointed it out, proclaimed his innocence and identified the aun

Floyd Mayweather rides around in a $2 million armored truck, which contains a bathroom, dining room and a master suite.<

This is how one call can control the direction of a entire series: The third foul on Mike Conley Jr. was called with 4:56 left in second quarter of Game Two with Memphis only down by 3. The call forced Conley Jr. to have to sit out the rest of the

Carmelo Anthony arrived on the NBA scene as a five-tool player. A decade later, he's pidgeon-holed himself as a volume shooter. This season was arguably, the most successful of his career, but at 29 years old, getting dispatched in the second r

Watching the Cincinnati Reds pitchers trade bean balls the past two series is like jumping in a time machine and ending up in the ‘60s. Back then throwing at an opposing batters’ dome was part of the DNA of missile-launchers like St. Lo

Dwyane Wade has always done things a little differently than other athletes. Wade came into the league with a flashy sense of style and harnessed his interest in fashion by hiring a stylist to build ensembles. He’s managed to leverage his lov

Greg Schiano has a well-known disregard for the unwritten rules of football. His rugged, never-say-die coaching style has pitted him against fellow coaches who say his teams have been too physical during routine victory formations. Schiano likes ph

Filmmaker, producer, writer, musician and all-around talented dude Jeymes Samuel, known as The Bullitts, releases a video for his song "They Die By Dawn," which is also the name of his upcoming short film. The track features Yasiin Bey an

The Spurs are headed to their fifth NBA Finals. That’s a tricky situation for those in the storytelling business and the audience we serve. The Spurs go out of their colle

Joey Bada$$ is following up his debut mixtape, 1999, with Summer Knights, scheduled for June 12, exactly one year after 1999 was released. The first single from the tape is "Word Is Bond,&quo