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Skip Bayless pushes back on Stephen A’s claim that ‘three white dudes’ can’t win an NBA Championship together
Sports commentator Skip Bayless has publicly challenged his former debate partner Stephen A. Smith over Smith’s claim that an NBA team led by “three white dudes” cannot win a championship. The exchange, sparked by the newly assembled Los Angeles Lakers, matters because it reflects wider tensions in American sports media over race and how such…
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Does the WNBA Not Like Caitlin Clark?
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Lowry retires after returning to Raptors for one day
Six-time NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry has announced his retirement at the age of 40, having briefly re-signed with the Toronto Raptors so that he could formally end his playing career with the club. The point guard, who helped Toronto win the 2019 NBA championship, had spent his final seasons with his hometown Philadelphia 76ers, but…
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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender finally has a trailer and a July 25 release date
If you want to (legally) watch Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, it finally has a trailer and a July 25 release date.
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Boompala for Fever versus Mercury broadcast
LE SSERAFIM will headline the first-ever WNBA edition of “Amazon Music Presents: In the Paint”, performing their latest single “Boompala” following the Prime Video broadcast of the Indiana Fever versus Phoenix Mercury game on Thursday. The performance marks a notable expansion of Amazon Music’s music-and-sport series, which had previously been tied only to the NBA,…
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Stephen A. Smith criticised for noting Lakers’ top three players are white
In a Fox News opinion piece, Pastor Corey Brooks criticises sports commentator Stephen A. Smith for remarks about the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster in the post-LeBron James era, in which Smith noted that the team’s top three players are White and suggested this was noteworthy for a basketball team. Brooks argues that singling out players…
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The March of the Sunflowers wins backing from Autour de Minuit and Spamflix
France’s Autour de Minuit, the studio behind the Oscar-winning short “Logorama,” and Portugal’s Spamflix have joined Brazilian director Erick Ricco’s stop-motion feature “The March of the Sunflowers” as co-production partners. The film, presented as one of the standout animation projects at this week’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM), is notable as the first stop-motion feature ever…
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Miami Heat land Giannis Antetokounmpo in blockbuster Bucks trade
Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Miami Heat from the Milwaukee Bucks.