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When The Checks Stop Coming In: Ex-NFL “Baller” Clinton Portis Facing Nearly $5 Milli Bankruptcy, $500K Owed To Reporter Nischelle Turner!

Clinton Portis Hundreds Of Thousands In Debt To Casinos, Over A Milli Owed To Women Another day, another broke athlete ! This time it’s Clinton Portis , who played college ball at the University of Miami before being drafted in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He was actually voted the Rookie of the Year and played 9 years in the league with the Denver Broncos and Washington Red*****. According to some estimates he took home around $43.1 million in his career an astounding number compared to the $150 USA Today reports he has in his checking account. Deadspin published the actual list of creditors revealing the debt rings in at $4,857,659.50: The filing lists the creditors holding the 20 largest unsecured claims against Porits. Some of the more notable debts: $500,000 to Entertainment Tonight correspondent and CNN contributor Nischelle Turner $390,000 in back taxes $170,000 to the Borgata casino in Atlantic City $287,178.56 to the MGM Grand A combined $1,223,020 in mortgage deficiencies $500,000 to his mother $412,000 in unpaid domestic support to four different women $65,553 on a repossessed BMW $899.09 in unpaid telephone bills The filings also include Portis’s average monthly income. He receives $3,500 per month in disability payments from the NFL, and $1,000 per month for freelance sideline reporting at NFL games. Meanwhile USA Today lists his monthly income as a slightly higher $7,500 with average monthly expenses of $12,800. $7,500 is nothing to sneeze at but when you have your cars repossessed and four different women looking for domestic support, we can see why bankruptcy might seem like the only way out. Besides, women and cars, DailyMail reveals Portis fell prey to another common NFL money drain — predatory financial advisors: Attorney Curtis Elmore is representing Portis in the foreclosure case on the $1million royal purple house he built for his mother north of Gainesville, Florida. He told The Gainesville Sun that his client had been swindled by those who took advantage of him. ‘Mr. Portis placed his trust in certain people for financial guidance and he’s been betrayed, so it’s not been due to his negligence or ineffective financial planning. It’s just been swindlers and the ripple effects that their actions are causing,’ he said. Portis was also among a group of NFL stars who invested in an Alabama bingo casino that lost the 35 players a combined $40million when it shut down in 2010. As part of his reported $13.29million in assets, Portis included an $8million claim against Pro Sports Financial, which was involved in the casino, as well as a $2million claim against Jade Private Wealth Management. SMH… We still wanna know what was going on with Portis and Nischelle Turner that she gave him half a milli. Let us find out she’s a real life Mary Jane Paul and Portis was playing Cutty Buddy! Then again, she has been a sideline reporter so maybe they’re just football friends… Hit the flip to see the filing docs. Continue reading

When The Checks Stop Coming In: Ex-NFL “Baller” Clinton Portis Facing Nearly $5 Milli Bankruptcy, $500K Owed To Reporter Nischelle Turner!

Clinton Portis Hundreds Of Thousands In Debt To Casinos, Over A Milli Owed To Women Another day, another broke athlete ! This time it’s Clinton Portis , who played college ball at the University of Miami before being drafted in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He was actually voted the Rookie of the Year and played 9 years in the league with the Denver Broncos and Washington Red*****. According to some estimates he took home around $43.1 million in his career an astounding number compared to the $150 USA Today reports he has in his checking account. Deadspin published the actual list of creditors revealing the debt rings in at $4,857,659.50: The filing lists the creditors holding the 20 largest unsecured claims against Porits. Some of the more notable debts: $500,000 to Entertainment Tonight correspondent and CNN contributor Nischelle Turner $390,000 in back taxes $170,000 to the Borgata casino in Atlantic City $287,178.56 to the MGM Grand A combined $1,223,020 in mortgage deficiencies $500,000 to his mother $412,000 in unpaid domestic support to four different women $65,553 on a repossessed BMW $899.09 in unpaid telephone bills The filings also include Portis’s average monthly income. He receives $3,500 per month in disability payments from the NFL, and $1,000 per month for freelance sideline reporting at NFL games. Meanwhile USA Today lists his monthly income as a slightly higher $7,500 with average monthly expenses of $12,800. $7,500 is nothing to sneeze at but when you have your cars repossessed and four different women looking for domestic support, we can see why bankruptcy might seem like the only way out. Besides, women and cars, DailyMail reveals Portis fell prey to another common NFL money drain — predatory financial advisors: Attorney Curtis Elmore is representing Portis in the foreclosure case on the $1million royal purple house he built for his mother north of Gainesville, Florida. He told The Gainesville Sun that his client had been swindled by those who took advantage of him. ‘Mr. Portis placed his trust in certain people for financial guidance and he’s been betrayed, so it’s not been due to his negligence or ineffective financial planning. It’s just been swindlers and the ripple effects that their actions are causing,’ he said. Portis was also among a group of NFL stars who invested in an Alabama bingo casino that lost the 35 players a combined $40million when it shut down in 2010. As part of his reported $13.29million in assets, Portis included an $8million claim against Pro Sports Financial, which was involved in the casino, as well as a $2million claim against Jade Private Wealth Management. SMH… We still wanna know what was going on with Portis and Nischelle Turner that she gave him half a milli. Let us find out she’s a real life Mary Jane Paul and Portis was playing Cutty Buddy! Then again, she has been a sideline reporter so maybe they’re just football friends… Hit the flip to see the filing docs. Continue reading

You Big Dummy!!! Alabama High School Teacher Apologizes For Wearing Blackface Kanye West Costume

Stop…wearing… blackface ! High School Teacher Apologizes For Blackface Costume An Alabama teacher has gone viral for his Halloween costume. Heath Morrow dressed as Kanye West complete with a “Kanye For Prez 2020” sign and black makeup smeared across his face and hands. The New York Daily News reports: The Alabama teacher who posed with his wife in a controversial blackface Halloween photo apologized for his “error in judgement,” but both maintain they did not intend any malice. Heath Morrow and his wife Shannon were under fire after posting a photo on Facebook of the couple dressed as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. In the photo, Heath Morrow can be seen in blackface while wearing Kanye’s signature glasses and holding the sign “Kanye for Prez 2020.” The couple posted the photo on Facebook, but took it down following an uproar. “I didn’t know dressing up as a celebrity couple would cause so much controversy,” Shannon Morrow wrote in a message to the Daily News on Monday. “There was no malicious intent in this costume. It’s for HALLOWEEN, the one time a year it is okay.” “Some of my husband’s best friends are black,” she continued. “There was no racial intent whatsoever.” “I didn’t know dressing up as a celebrity couple would cause so much controversy,” Shannon said. The Alabama couple posted the blackface photo, and then took it down. Morrow has since released an apology via a written statement. Apology from Decatur teacher who took picture dressed in blackface as Kanye West for private Halloween party. @ whnt https://t.co/2H7LkIRMBQ — David Kumbroch WHNT (@davidknews) October 26, 2015 “I have never seen color in my life…” SMFH, white people please. What do YOU think about this latest bit of blackface for Halloween, are you offended???

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Race Matters: HBCU ‘All-Stars’ Prove That Historically Black Colleges Are NOT Inferior To Predominately White Institutions

HBCU All-Stars Prove That Historically Black Colleges Are Necessary In America Thinking about attending a HBCU but heard some misconceptions about the experience ? The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the 2015 HBCU All-Stars, a group of undergraduate, master’s and professional students at historically black colleges and universities. U.S. News recently spoke with some of the 2015 HBCU All-Stars about common lies and misconceptions that some have about historically black schools and what it’s really like to attend one. Jamie Binns, junior at Talladega College: Binns​ didn’t always plan on going to an HBCU, but after getting into and later enrolling at Talladega College in Alabama​, he’s grateful for the experience. “I would like to think that my HBCU has done well for me and has been able to afford me a lot of opportunities,” says Binns, who is president of his school’s student government association, a member of the track and field team and a member of the presidential honor society. He wants people to realize that historically black colleges can be just as challenging as any other. “An HBCU experience, or an HBCU education rather, is not inferior to a predominantly white institution,” says Binns. HBCUs have had prestigious alumni​ go out and do great things, he says. And he’s right.​ Some of these alumni, which come from various black colleges, include film director Spike Lee, author Toni Morrison and civil rights activist Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Angelica Willis, junior at North Carolina A&T State University: Before becoming an undergrad, Angelica Willis knew some of the professors at North Carolina A&T State University, where her mother also attended. When Willis arrived as a freshman, the school almost felt like home. “I love the family environment,” says Willis, who has a 4.0 GPA as a computer science major and mentors other students at the school. “It just seems so friendly and open.” Read more from the article HERE and discuss your thoughts on how HBCUs play a big part in the Black community in the comment section below.

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Machete-Wielding White Man Attacks Black Woman While Screaming “F*ck Black Lives Matter!”

California Woman Racially Attacked By White Man With Machete Another racially diven attack has taken place in California. This time, a woman was charged by a racist White man wielding a machete , angrily shouting anti-Black sentiments . Via ClutchMagazine : When she moved from Alabama to Alameda County, California Dr. Nakieta Lankster never thought she’d be a victim of a hate crime, but that’s exactly what he said happened during the early morning hours of August 22. As she sat in front of her condo just after midnight, Lankster spotted a white man staring into her car. At first, she didn’t think much of him. “He was still on the sidewalk, so I thought maybe he was looking for somebody,” she told CLUTCH, discussing the traumatic incident for the first time. Though Lankster didn’t worry about the man at first, when he circled around the front of her vehicle, still peering into her windows, she decided to head inside her apartment. That’s when she saw his machete. “He just started charging at me with the machete and screaming ‘F– you, Black b—h, don’t get stabbed,” Lankster recalled. After threatening her, the man then began pacing in the street while yelling, “F–k Black Lives Matter,” before advancing on Lankster again. “I hopped in my car. I’ve never moved that fast in my life,” she said, still shaken up days later. Lankster drove to a shopping center down the street from her condo and called the police. Within minutes, several officers from the San Leandro Police Department arrived and took the man down. Even though Lankster had never seen the man, police informed her that he is actually one of her neighbors. And it seems he really didn’t like her living on his block…Lankster says that even as police were cuffing him, he continued to hatefully stare her in the eye. SMH! Thankfully she made it out of this incident unharmed, because this could have gone even further left very quickly.

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It Ain’t About The Money: ‘Empire’ Drops Yet Another Season 2 Teaser Featuring Chris Rock [Video]

Only one more month! Are you ready for more Empire??

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You Mad, Huh? White Rapper Yelawolf Defends The Confederate Flag In An F-Bomb Laced Facebook Rant

Yelawolf Defends The Confederate Flag After getting relentlessly dragged for rocking Confederate Flag attire over a year ago on Instagram, one would think Alabama native white rapper Yelawolf would know that most people aren’t exactly on-board with the old Southern symbol — even more so now after the Confederate flag backlash that ensued after the Charleston church massacre . Even as such, the rapper went on a curse-laden, misspelled rant on Monday evening, defending the flag and what it represents to southern folks, even saying he won’t let any West Coast “f*ckboys” tear him away from his (racist) roots… Imagine if he could manage to get half this angry about the unnecessary loss of Black lives at the hands of officers of the law or racist mass murderers? But we guess an antiquated symbol of the Antebellum South and the Jim Crow era is far more important. SMH. Facebook

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GA Teacher Killed In Murder Suicide After Being Kidnapped By Husband’s Mistress In High Speed Chase

Teacher Kidnapped By Husband’s Mistress, Killed In Murder-Suicide A high speed chase ended with the death of an Atlanta-area teacher and another woman on an Alabama interstate today. Police from Alabama and Georgia gave chase as a woman, believed to the mistress of the teacher’s husband, sped across state lines after kidnapping the woman from her home. Via WXIA : Police say a longtime special needs teacher was killed by her kidnapper following a chase that crossed state lines on Thursday. According to Clayton County police, 49-year-old Sandra Barnett, a teacher McNair Middle School, died after her kidnapper shot her in a car stopped on the middle of Interstate 20. The suspect then shot herself, police said. It all began Wednesday afternoon when neighbors of Barnett said they spotted a black Dodge Durango outside of the teacher’s home. The neighbors became suspicious because Barnett had recently replaced the lock on her gate to her backyard after believing that someone had tampered with the latch. Clayton County police said they believe that the girlfriend of Barnett’s husband was the kidnapper. According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, deputies spotted the Durango around noon on Thursday at a truck stop on I-20 near the Waco exit, and a chase ensued. The driver led officers heading west on Interstate 20 through Carroll and Haralson counties. When the chase crossed state lines, the Alabama State Patrol joined in. The chase continued to mile marker 208 where the vehicle stopped suddenly while being pursued. According to Clayton County authorities, the suspect reached into the back of the car, retrieved a gun and shot Barnett before turning the gun on herself. When Alabama troopers approached the car, they found the two women dead. Officials said that officers did not fire their weapons nor were they fired upon. SMH! Tragic that the mistress felt that this was the best way to resolve her issues with the woman… WXIA

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This Is Major: ‘El Chapo’ – The World’s Most Powerful Drug Lord Has Escaped From A Mexican Prison

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This Is Major: ‘El Chapo’ – The World’s Most Powerful Drug Lord Has Escaped From A Mexican Prison

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