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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There were plenty of days that Olivia Miles felt the pangs of frustration building alongside the pain and soreness, all part of the Notre Dame All-American point guard’s push to rehab her way back from a serious knee injury. Sometimes it came during the exercise she hated

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.  As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  “Weird” isn’t necessarily an insult. 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. To know me is to know that I’m a fan of William Ray Norwood Jr., better known to the world as Ray J. While it is often easy to

NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night haunts in the heart of New Orleans.” Free from the rigidity of genre, but also a

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law enforcement agency and its tactics. Gerald Goines was convicted in the January

Allyson Felix is combining her passion for sports and women’s rights in her latest business venture. This week, the Olympic legend teamed up with her brother and longtime business partner Wes Felix and sports executive Cosette Chaput to launch Always Alpha. With a mission to change dated talented management models,

Basketball legend Michael Jordan is currently battling the largest spectator sports league in America, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, better known as NASCAR. Jordan’s racing team, 23XI, along with another racing team, Front Row Motorsports, are suing the organization for what they feel are “anti-competitive” new terms. 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When London Breed was elected as San Francisco’s first Black woman mayor, it was a pinch-me moment for a poor girl from public housing whose ascension showed that no dream was impossible in the progressive, compassionate and equitable city. But the honeymoon was short-lived as a COVID-19 pandemic shuttered

Bobby Brown is paying tribute to his late former mother-in-law, Cissy Houston. On Monday, October 7, Whitney Houston’s mother, a musical icon in her right, died at 91. In light of the news, the New Edition star and his wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, shared their condolences, per People magazine.  “Sending love

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. “Power Book II: Ghost” has reached its conclusion. Kinda. I’m not even sure if the writers know that the show is over honestly. By the time the curtain fell