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Saturday, July 3, 2021

He Thought We Was Finna Laugh: Ohio Police Chief Resigns After Leaving KKK Sign on Black Officer's Desk as a 'Joke'

Can someone explain to Anthony Campo what a joke is? Seriously, send him the dictionary definition of the word “joke,” because he clearly doesn’t know it.

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'I Will Never Recover From This Heartbreak': Brianna McNeal Loses Appeal of Five-Year Suspension

After qualifying at the U.S. Olympic Trials last month, Brianna McNeal should be defending her 100-meter hurdles championship in Tokyo later this month. But due to a brazen lack of compassion on behalf of governing bodies for the Olympic Games, she won’t get the chance.

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Friday, July 2, 2021

Supreme Court Ruling Means EA Sports’ College Football May Very Well Feature the Likenesses of Real Players

When EA Sports announced earlier this year that it was bringing back the long dormant College Football series, there were many questions—the most notable one being “how?” The series went dormant in 2013 as a result of the original 2009 lawsuit filed over NCAA athletes’ ability to profit off of their likeness. While…

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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Whiteness, Explained

Ain’t no lede, bih.

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Family Files Lawsuit Against St. Louis and Its Police Over Shooting Death of Black Army Veteran During No-Knock Warrant Execution

Just over three years before Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police officers executing a no-knock warrant, a 63-year-old Black Army veteran was killed in St. Louis during the same type of operation. The case is eerily similar to that of Taylor’s, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by the victim’s…

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