The day after Super Bowl LI, on February 6, 2017, Michael Smith and Jemele Hill, current hosts of His & Hers, will be the new hosts of the 6 p.m. SportsCenter hour.

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ESPN's Bomani Jones spoke with Roland Martin about the ongoing and escalating controversy surrounding NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

@kwellscomm tlcnaptown.com Sports The WNBA has withdrawn fines given out to teams and players for wearing black warm-up shirts before games in a show of support for citizens and police involved in recent shootings across the country and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The teams fined included the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. (The […]

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NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to share his views on race, police, community relationships, and the Black Lives Matter movement. The controversial sports analyst also offered his thoughts about NBA players Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James’ ESPYS opening speech. “I thought it […]

For the Miami Heat player, who is among the most well-paid and talented athletes in the world, his insecurities came in the form of one outie belly button.

Although ESPN's annual Body Issue set to hit newsstands on July 8, we've finally got a sneak peek at the premiere athletes that are taking over the pages this year.

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NewsOne Now panelist Lauren Victoria Burke took on the analysis of America's fascination with O.J. when she said, "This is the first in American history to get away with killing two White people and walk away -- it has never happened before."

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If you didn’t know any better, you might think that you woke up in 1994 or 1995 all over again, as the current fascination and endless media attention involving the OJ Simpson murder trial just refuses to slow down. Today a former juror has a controversial theory as to why Simpson received a not guilty […]

https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/738039741111664640 ESPN has finally released its list of the World’s most famous athletes. Their director of sports analytics developed  a formula that combines salary, endorsements, social media following and Google search popularity to find out who’s the best of the best. Surprising no one (well maybe Americans,) Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked as number […]

Roland Martin talks to Editor in Chief Kevin Merida and staff writer Jesse Washington about the launch of ESPN’s site that focuses on race, sports and culture, The Undefeated. On the staff being primarily black: “We are doing something special. We could’ve started 10 Undefeateds and with all black journalists. There is a wealth of talent out […]

  ESPN analyst, host of First Take and sports Journalist Stephen A. Smith will be a featured speaker at the 2016 Black Male Summit in Akron, Ohio this…

D'Angelo Russell has found himself in quite a bit of hot water.