The Undefeated (by ESPN)
Black Southern food isn’t killing us
by Nylah Burton --
Is Black Southern cuisine – often reduced to the simple term “soul food” – unhealthy or “low-vibration“?
Or is it not high blood pressure that runs in your family, but the “plate,” as actress and vegan food influencer Tabitha Brown reportedly said...
Morehouse cancels fall sports as HBCUs grapple with rapid changes
As if anymore proof was needed that crises that strike America strike the African American community even harder, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) absorbed another big hit on Friday with Morehouse College canceling its fall sports season.
The Atlanta college canceled football and cross...
Exploring white privilege: A discussion with Elle Duncan, featuring author Ibram X. Kendi and activist Tim Wise
Time for change: We won't be defeated - an extended conversation.
Prince in his time needs to be seen now!
by Bomani Jones --
YouTube is hosting a Prince and the Revolution concert from March 30, 1985, in Syracuse, New York. It is the most incredible Prince thing on the Internet, surpassing both the guitar solo from “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the 2004...
For third time, Staples Center becomes place to mourn
by Kelley L. Carter -- LOS ANGELES -- I’ve never heard a silence so loud.
A few minutes after 10 a.m., when the lights went down and a video montage began playing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, the lull in the audience was...
Can HBCU athletes get paid for use of their images and names?
By David Steele, The Undefeated
Christina Chenault, a senior heptathlete at UCLA, has been operating a website for about two years called The Top Five. It began as a YouTube channel, evolved into a blog, and emerged as a platform for her fellow athletes to...
Eddie Murphy’s return to ‘Saturday Night Live’ feels great and there’s more to come
It wasn’t exactly Muhammad Ali in the streets of Zaire in 1974, but hearing the Saturday Night Live crowd chant Eddie Murphy’s name was surreal. The greatest living comedian returned to the SNL stage he helped save for the first time in 35 years....