Day: July 2, 2024

Alabama A&M women’s hoops recipient of sizablele donation

Staff

 The Alabama A&M women’s basketball program received a large donation as the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ) donated a golf cart on Tuesday morning at the AAMU Event Center. “We have a walking campus,” Thornton said about the much-needed gift. “This golf cart will allow us to transport recruits, alumni and potential donors who come to visit our amazing campus. It has endless possibilities and we are so thankful to Dr. Catherine Coleman Flowers and the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice for is donation.” Thornton enters…

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WNBA All-Star 2024 jerseys revealed

Brandon King

The WNBA All-Star game is set to take place in Phoenix and front of the mid-season showcase, Jordan Brand unveiled the jerseys for the 2024 game.  This year’s iteration will reprise a theme last seen ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in which the All-Stars on the U.S. Women’s National Team will face off against the remaining WNBA All-Stars. In this 2021 Team WNBA defeated Team USA 93-85 and Arike Ogunbowale taking MVP honors.  In the three-point competition, Sabrina Ionescu performed for the ages, recording 37 points en route…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Fake sneakers and clothes seized at South Africa/Mozambique border

Brandon King

Earlier this week, South African police arrested a man at the Lebombo port, as he was crossing from Mozambique into South Africa. According to Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation spokesperson, Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, the vehicle, a white Volkswagen minibus, was stopped and searched. “During the search, counterfeit goods – sneakers, clothes and cosmetics with an estimated street value of R800,000 transported from Mozambique into the Republic of South Africa without valid permit, were seized,” she said. The seized items included the aforementioned goods as well the van in which…

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PE Corner: A’ja Wilson wears Static-inspired LeBron XXI

Brandon King

The LeBron XXI seems to be the favorite of the Las Vegas Aces toward A’ja Wilson, as already this season she has taken to the court in several player-exclusive iterations of the XXI.  This latest PE for the WNBA’s best player is inspired by Static Shock, the mainstream, watered-down, homogenized version of the original Milestone Comic character, Static.  It sports a vibrant blue upper, inspired by the jacket the character wears, adorned on the lateral side with an electricity bolt bordered white Swoosh on the lateral side and pink outlined…

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Former Norfolk State women’s assistant coach named AD at Jackson State CC(TN)

Brandon King

Former Norfolk State assistant basketball coach Dr. Kelvin Lynum is taking on a new role as he was named the athletic director at Jackson State Community College (TN.)  Dr. Lynum spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach on Larry Vickers’s staff where his contributions helped the program compile a 53-13 overall record, 24-4 within the MEAC, winning back-to-back conference tournaments and NCAA appearances.  Before his time at NSU, he was the athletic director at Southeast High School in Bradenton, FL from 2020-22. In this role, he presided over…

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Klay Thompson is a Maverick, how does he helps Dallas?

Brandon King

The era of the Splash Brothers has come to an end. Klay Thompson intends to join the Dallas Mavericks, reportedly agreeing to a 3-year, $50 million deal, that is a component of a multi-team sign and trade. The deal would send shooting guard Josh Green to the Hornets and Thompson to the Mavericks. Although some outlets have reported as if it’s a done deal, that may not be the case. Anthony Slater of The Athletic reports the Warriors have not yet agreed to their end of the three-team deal and…

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