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The Kaepernick Effect: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Hopes NBA Players Will Stand For National Anthem

Adam Silver Wants To See NBA Players Standing For The National Anthem All eyes will be on the NBA’s biggest stars this Tuesday night as the first game of the season tips-off with a primetime match-up between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. This summer we witnessed both teams’ star players, Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony, take a stand for justice at the ESPY’s. In the wake of Colin Kaepernick’s “controversial” decision to take a knee during the National Anthem as a silent protest, many wonder whether or not players in the majority African-American NBA will follow suit. Commissioner Adam Silver seems to hope that they don’t according to an ESPN report… “I don’t know if the players are organizing anything,” Silver said at the NBA’s board of governors meeting in Manhattan. “All I can say is what we have seen in multiple preseason games so far is our players standing for the national anthem. It would be my hope that they continue to stand for the national anthem. I think that is the appropriate thing to do.” The commmish goes on to say: Silver said Kathy Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and player programs, continues to talk with the players about the best approach moving forward. “We have had very constructive discussions … about meaningful action that we can take collectively in our communities to help build trust, whether between police officers and members of the community looking for constructive ways to address racial injustice, economic injustice,” Silver said. “I am very proud with the relationship we have built with the union, with the players on these issues. My expectation is that we’ll see into the regular season more of what we have seen in the preseason, which is a sense of, let’s deal directly with these important issues.” Would you like to see the Association’s biggest stars follow Colin Kaepernick’s lead? Image via AP

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Stella Maxwell’s See Thru Dress of the Day

Stella Maxwell went to the VMA after party because she’s an it girl or at least wants to be one and being an it girl or in wanting to be one – you must attend all the events where celebrities attend – you know to help solidify being a top level promo model working for the evil empire that bought her soul for 500,000 – 750,000 a year… She’s maximize her association with celebrities by getting into a see through dress so that the people knows she cares while pretending to not give a fuck because all these kids who don’t give a fuck are selfie-Ing that they don’t give a fuck by even wearing shirts that say “idgaf”…which is all calculated and giving a fuck…. I’ll still look at her skinny ass The post Stella Maxwell’s See Thru Dress of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .

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Can’t Hold Her Down: Gabby Douglas To Judge Miss America Pageant

Despite all the people talking smack from their couches, the world is still very much in love with Gabby Douglas. And the opportunities for this young woman keep rolling in. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Olympic gymnast will join the judges’ panel for the 2017 Miss America Pageant. The Miss America Organization, Dick Clark Productions and ABC said that the athlete would also be joined by singer Laura Marano for the September 11 event. Douglas, who will sit with Sara Foster of “Barely Famous”, singer-songwriter Cole Swindell, and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes, will be the only judge of color on the panel. Here’s what she said about the opportunity… [ MadameNoire ] Class Of 2020 Has Highest Number Of Minority Medical Students At South Carolina’s College Of Medicine Just last year there was a call for more African-American doctors with the Association of American Medical Colleges predicting a major physician shortage in the USA by 2025 of 130,000 doctors “of all racial and ethnic backgrounds,” reported Amednews.com. That’s why the news that the Medical University of South Carolina’s class of 2020 will have the highest number of minority medical students ever is exceptionally good news. “The Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine (MUSC COM) has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having the fifth largest number of African-American medical students in the U.S., outside of historically black colleges and universities. In addition, the American Association of Medical Colleges ranks MUSC COM in the 96th percentile for medical schools with the most African-American students,” reported Black News… [ MadameNoire ] NBC Is Mad Al Roker Called Ryan Lochte A Liar, Allegedly Over the weekend, Al Roker, and his drink, won the Internet when he wasn’t having co-host Billy Bush trying to gloss over the fact that Ryan Lochte is a liar. Reportedly, the suits at NBC aren’t too happy because it made their political connects feel a way. Reports Page Six: The lovable weatherman flipped his lid during an on-air conversation with Billy Bush about the swimmer’s shape-shifting story about being the victim of an armed robbery during the Rio Olympic Games, angrily saying, “He lied. He lied to you, he lied to Matt Lauer, he lied to his mom, [and] he left his teammates hanging while he skedaddled.’’ But insiders told us “Today” executives and on-air talent — already struggling to cover the story while managing relationships with the US Olympic Committee and individual athletes — tried to smooth things over… [ HipHopWired ] Frank Ocean’s Visual Album “Endless” Reportedly Made “Blonde” An Independent Release…Finesse or Coincidence? [ Baller Alert ] Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Sued: Your Concert Cracked My Spine [ TMZ ] Blac Chyna Gets Sued For Sending Woman To The Hospital In Car Crash [ iHeart Radio ] Historic Event In London Honors ‘International Slavery Remembrance Day’ [ HuffingtonPost ]

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Big Brother Spoilers: Who Will Be Evicted?

It looks like Paulie’s game will officially come to an end on Big Brother.  The house seems like they are done with Paulie after the way he’s acted recently.  He pled with Victor to use the veto on Corey so that he didn’t need to campaign against his ally. It was a nice touch, but Paulie is still ruffling feathers around the house.  He’s threatening to quit the jury house if there’s no opportunity for him to return to the game.  He’s the worst type of player. Deep down, he knows America is annoyed with him for his actions and doesn’t want to own up to them.  There’s still one more chance for someone to return to the game through the round trip twist, but there’s also a special episode airing this week.  Might there be a juror allowed to return to the game in the event Paulie does not have the return trip ticket? View Slideshow: 12 Big Brother Houseguests We Loved… Or Loved to Hate If Paulie does somehow return, he has a plan in place to get rid of Victor and Paul.  However, America’s next Care Package twist involves another houseguest being voted as co-hoh.  Paul’s side of the house still holds the votes, so expect Corey or Nicole to go up and out the door.  The events of the last week will no doubt push Nicole and Corey to try win the HOH hard than they have been.  Their backs have never been this far against the wall, so it’s time for them to actually play the game before being sent home.  The chances of Corey being voted co-hoh are pretty much non existent. He could get a pity vote because of his association with Nicole. Paulie won’t be winning any viewer voted perks. He’s emerging as the villain in all of this. Who do you want to leave the game? Hit the comments with your take on the recent events for the houseguests. View Slideshow: 13 Reality Show Villains You Really Love to Hate

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Who Looked More Bangin’ At The White House Correspondents Dinner?

For your viewing pleasure…. White House Correspondents Dinner Photos Last night a bevy of celebs took to Washington D.C. for the final White House Correspondents Dinner of Obama’s Presidency. And while President Obama delivered a speech with one-liners about Trump before dropping the mic , several stars shone on the red carpet. Seen on the scene were buddies Kerry Washington and Tracee Ellis Ross… Jada Pinkett Smith…. Gabrielle Union… and La La. YOU tell us; who looked more bangin’???   More photos on the flip. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Splash News

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Hilary Duff for Some Old Lady Housewife Magazine of the Day

Attention walmart shoppers…Hilary Duff is s boring, thick, 30 something year old mom…who probably has weird sexual fetishes that she would shock the people who grew up watching her, like Taylor Swift, you know into Double Penetration or gangbangs from her years in the lockeroom as a soccer wife, or maybe she’s just into suffocating other girls with her pussy…it’s a power play….but I know in the depth of my soul, that there’s more to this young mom, homemaker, billionaire…than just a wholesome sweater vest or whatever the fuck she’s wearing in what looks like this church going, bible thumping, parent teacher association magazine spread…that I guess her and her team probably think is more marketable than a sex tape featuring her fetishes…because like most people, keep the fetishes secret until you match them on tinder…and the public image respectable…until you match them on tinder… BOOO to that… The post Hilary Duff for Some Old Lady Housewife Magazine of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Wells Fargo Offer Black Stuntmen $10K Grant After BOSSIP Story

Wells Fargo Does An About Face After BOSSIP Highlighted Black Stuntmen’s Fight For Bank To Honor Black Stagecoach Driver In Commcercial The Black Stuntmen’s Association scored a win in their fight against Wells Fargo to honor a freedom-fighting black stagecoach driver who worked for the bank during the California Gold Rush. Wells Fargo bank offered to fork over a $10,000 grant to the Black Stuntmen’s Association the day after BOSSIP asked its reps about the group’s battle with the bank to commemorate their one-time employee, William Robison, with a commercial featuring a black stagecoach driver. The bank also agreed to include them in an upcoming publicity campaign. “We recognize the importance of your legacy to the African-American community,” Wells Fargo rep Lisa Frison told the stuntmen in an email, “and would be pleased to help bring broader visibility and awareness to your organization in this way.” But association president Willie Harris said the $10,000 amounted to “hush money,” and said the bank hadn’t been in touch for weeks until BOSSIP began asking questions. “I think they think if they offered us the $10,000 we would go away,” Harris told BOSSIP. “We ain’t for sale.” “Why did they wait till you called?” he asked. “We do have some pride.” The association – created in the 1960s to tackle the entrenched racism in the Hollywood movie stunt industry – has been in a two year fight with Wells Fargo over Robison, who drove a six-horse stagecoach from Stockton, Ca. to the Nevada gold mines for 40 years until he retired in 1895. Robison was part of a gun-toting gang who freed a group of African-Americans in San Joaquin County who were being illegally sold into slavery. Robison also worked to desegregate California’s school system, and as a delegate in the state Convention of Colored Citizens, he distributed petitions demanding blacks be allowed to testify in court. We’ve reached out to Wells Fargo for comment. Harris said he’s asked Wells Fargo for a face-to-face meeting, and he doesn’t know if the group would accept the money. “We’re not stupid and we do have respect for ourselves,” Harris told BOSSIP. “We’re going to stand on our feet.”

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Black Stuntmen Battle Wells Fargo To Honor Bank’s Civil War-era Black Stagecoach Driver

Black Stuntmen’s Association Said Freedom Fighter William Robison Deserves Recognition Before the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements, an African-American stagecoach driver for Wells Fargo risked life and limb to defend his people. Former slave William Robison was a miner, pioneer and freedom fighter who worked to desegregate California schools and was part of the 1856 state Convention of Colored Citizens that used petitions to allow blacks to testify in court. He even joined an armed gang that freed a group of illegally apprehended slaves in San Joaquin County, Calif, according to Wells Fargo. Besides his work in advancing civil rights, Robison’s day job was driving a Wells Fargo stagecoach between Stockton, Calif. and the Nevada gold mines. He drove the six-horse stagecoach for 40 years before retiring in 1895. The Black Stuntmen’s Association spent the last two years lobbying Wells Fargo to commemorate Robison with a commercial featuring an African-American stagecoach driver – even submitting a script – but they said the multi-national corporation has given them the runaround, association president Willie Harris told BOSSIP. “We tried to get Wells Fargo to let us do the commercial, and use a black in their commercial. They refused,” said Harris, 73, who helped create the Black Stuntmen’s Association in 1967 to challenge racism in Hollywood. “Why can’t you do a commercial with a black stagecoach driver? What’s wrong with letting a black kid know about their history?” When the black stuntmen’s group told Wells Fargo that it had members who could drive a “six-up” or a six horse stagecoach, Harris said Wells Fargo execs told him they only do a few commercials each year and could not accept unsolicited ideas. Wells Fargo can obviously advertise in any way that it wants, but it could use the goodwill after it’s $175 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its unfair lending practices to African-Americans and Latinos. Wells Fargo spokeswoman Valerie Williams told BOSSIP that although they’re not pursuing the black stuntmen’s proposal, they’ve honored Robison in their corporate history book, “Since 1852,” and Robeson’s story appears on their blog and in the company’s exhibit at the San Francisco museum. Williams said that the company is committed to sharing African-American’s stories from the past to the present, and supported the film “Red Tails,” about the Tuskegee Airmen as well as a nationwide black history tour. Nevertheless, Harris said Robison deserves to be recognized with his own commercial. “That’s why I’m not gonna let Wells Fargo off the hook,” he said.

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Cuttino Mobley wife Rochelle picture

Meet Professional basketball player Cuttino Mobley and wife Rochelle,Cuttino Rashawn Mobley #x0028;born September 1, 1975#x0029; is an American retired professional basketball player who played from 1998 to 2008 in the National Basketball Association #x0028;NBA#x0029;. Well, ya can#39;t take #39;em to Cuttino Mobley#39;s restaurant in L.A. #39;cause the place closed down … and now the former NBA star is suing the cooks — claiming all they ever served up was bull crap. The name of the place

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Black Girls Rock! Identical Twin Sisters Graduate From NC A&T With Identical 4.0s

Identical Twin Sisters Graduate With Identical 4.0 Grade Point Averages Two Virginia twins who were previously were co-Valedictorians at their high school with 4.0 GPAs have done it again. Alissa and Ariel Barrow recently graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with identical 4.0 grade-point averages. Via RelationsNCAT.Edu Their paths through the university have varied only slightly over the past four years. Alissa has been an economics major. Ariel majored in marketing and sales. Alissa had two internships with GE Capital; Ariel, with Kraft and 3M. They’ve been active in different organizations, the Aggie Economics Association for Alissa and the American Marketing Association for Ariel, for example. Their academic accomplishments are nothing new. The twins were co-valedictorians at Armstrong High School in Richmond, Virginia. At A&T, both were honor students and received the Dowdy Scholarship, the university’s preeminent four-year scholarship. And they arrived on campus with the same goal. “When we came in as freshmen, we definitely had a goal to graduate with a 4.0,” Alissa says. “We had an honors mentor who actually had a 4.0. That set the groundwork for us. We said, ‘If she can do it, then we can definitely do it, too.’” After graduation, Alissa will go to work for GE Capital; Ariel will join General Mills. Amazing! Go girls!

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