First and Pen
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Informing, inspiring and connecting through voices of color in sports.
Joined January 2021
OK, we see you OU baseball! ✊🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
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RT @readjack: Good stuff here from @kdthompson5 on the fault in folks finding fault in Jalen Hurts. @firstandpen @BiggerGamePod @loumoore1…
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Jalen Hurts has been to 2 Super Bowls in 3 years, outplayed Patrick Mahomes in both and just beat Mahomes in SB LIX, yet he isn't an elite QB? The disrespect of Hurts continues, but we write that his SB LIX victory should silence all the hate. Story 👇🏾
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This is a much more impressive three-peat than what KC could have had. Shout out to LL for surviving. ✊🏾✊🏾😄
LL Cool J was the First Black man in African American history to survive 3 horror movies from start to finish. “Halloween H20”, Deep Blue Sea & “Mindhunters” #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Super Bowl and Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show set new viewership numbers for FOX and skyrocketed Kendrick's streams on Spotify. That makes NBC very happy, as they will broadcast the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics and NBA All-Star Game in 2026. Story 👇🏾
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Shout out to Kevin Durant. On Tuesday night, the Phoenix Suns superstar became the 8th player in NBA history to score 30,000 points. He joins LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain on the elite list. 🏀👏🏾
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16- Jordan Love $81.6M 19- Patrick Mahomes $73.1M The Top 100 athletes made roughly $6.2 billion combined For the 2nd straight year, no female athlete made the Top 100 of the highest-paid athletes in 2024. Coco Gauff was the highest-paid female athlete in 2024 at $30.4 million
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It's frustrating when critics rip young Black QBs like Jalen Hurts for not being traditional QBs. But Hurts completely silenced those doubters and became the fourth Black QB to win a Super Bowl, so they can all apologize to the Super Bowl MVP now. Story👇🏾
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"And if you’re mad, be mad because it also showed that powerful voices, people and cultures, like Black America, won’t be denied or stopped." We wrote about Super Bowl LIX as it was more than a game. It was Black expression at its fullest. Story👇🏾
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From Black singers and quarterbacks to Uncle Sam and Kendrick Lamar, the Super Bowl was the Blackest and most politically charged Super Bowl in history. And if you're mad, be mad because it was great. Story 👇🏾
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@Lizzs_Lockeroom And to further show just how strong MJ's presence was, he told ABC's lead producer not to start the music until he took off his shades. Then MJ made them wait and wait and wait until HE felt that the crowd was ready. And that wait was almost 30 seconds. Don't mess with the 🐐!
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Question- "When did it all go wrong for the Chiefs?" Answer:
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Shout out to Jalen Hurts, who joins Doug Williams, Russell Wilson and Patrick Mahomes as the only Black QBs to win a Super Bowl. Doug Williams- SB XXII (1988) Russell Wilson- SB XLVIII (2013) Patrick Mahomes- SB LIV, LVII, LVIII (2020, 2023, 2024) Jalen Hurts-SB LIX (2025)
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