It is finally official. The long-awaited sale of the Washington Commanders football franchise is finally in the books.

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The images remain surreal — WNBA star Brittney Griner walked across a tarmac in Saudi Arabia and met face to face with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary and widow of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Tuesday Nov. 22. She was with her family when she passed away in Falls Church. She was 94. Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat, was born in Maui to immigrant parents. Her father […]

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shared the president’s condolences to the families and loved ones killed in recent gun violence. In addition to recent fatal shootings in Newark, Kansas City and Chicago, Jean-Pierre’s statement lamented the senseless loss of the lives of the rapper and others across the nation, “award-winning recording artist Kirsnick Khari Ball, also […]

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U.S. Women’s soccer team captain Megan Rapinoe took her shot as one of 17 Americans awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House to call attention to the detention of Brittney Griner. The Olympic gold medalist and equal pay activist wore her feelings on her lapel- demanding fellow Olympic athlete and WNBA star, […]

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The recent end to the Major League Baseball’s lockout provided a sigh of relief to fans and others, with Opening Day just weeks away. But the end of the dispute between billionaire club owners and millionaire ballplayers probably offered more respite to thousands of vendors, ushers, ticket takers and parking attendants who depend upon the […]

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Rain, thunderstorms, and an otherwise unplayable course delayed THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida. But the elements did little to spoil a week that not only showcases the best golf players in the world but the unmistakable efforts by the PGA TOUR to display the many ways the game has embraced […]

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Joseph Bramlett easily could be viewed as the future face of professional golf – particularly as one of just four Black golfers on the PGA Tour. As a first-timer at THE PLAYERS Championship, Bramlett continues to forge a name for himself in the world of golf. However, he hasn’t been shy about expressing the state […]

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When he arrived on the PGA Tour and captured his first professional victory at the Las Vegas Invitational in 1996, Tiger Woods appeared destined to stand among golf’s immortals. And throughout his record-setting career, no one could ever accuse Woods of being just a mere mortal. At an emotional ceremony to induct Woods into the […]

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