The Black History Month-themed patrol car was unveiled Thursday in front of the city’s Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum, which honors the first generation of Black law enforcement in Miami. Miami Police Department hide caption toggle caption Miami Police Department The Black History Month-themed patrol car was unveiled Thursday
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Jessica Simpson’s Dating History Is Very Impressive: From Nick Lachey to John Mayer and More
In Jessica Simpson’s 2020 memoir, Open Book, the singer didn’t hold back when talking about her ex-boyfriends. In the ’90s, the 39-year-old made headlines when she started dating 98 Degrees frontman Nick Lachey, but the pop stars called it quits after four years of marriage in 2006. After that, the
'Black on Black' celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension
These lines appear on the first page of Daniel Black’s Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America: “I write because we hurt. I write because some pain can’t be described. It can only be felt in the marrow of a story or the lyrics of a song.”
Super Bowl coin toss odds and history (Should you bet heads or tails?)
Betting on the coin toss at the Super Bowl is a rite of passage for all sports bettors. I don’t think you’ve become a true bettor until you do it. It’s dumb, it’s stupid, it’s random, but it’s a whole lot of fun and a great way to kick-off a
2023 NFL mock draft: Biggest what-ifs in NFL history
We continue our series of NFL mock draft: Mocking The Mocks. This time we’re looking at the biggest what-ifs for every team since 1980. Some of them are devastating. Welcome to the fourth edition of Mocking The Mocks. Missed the first three? Just click here, here and/or here. Instead of
It's Black History Month. Here are 3 things to know about the annual celebration
Vice President Harris (center) marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Vice President Harris (center) marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on
DeVonta Smith can make Alabama history with Super Bowl win
With a win for the Eagles in the Super Bowl, former Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith would join the rarest of college football company. The list of football players who have won the Heisman Trophy, a national championship in college and a Super Bowl is short. DeVonta Smith could make
NFL Playoffs: Top 10 Championship games in NFL history
Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints runs the ball against the Minnesota Vikings during the 2009 NFC Championship Game (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) Which two teams will be playing in the Super Bowl? Welcome to the NFL playoffs championship game round and its rich history. It wasn’t until
Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state rejected the African American studies course because education “is about the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of ideology or the advancement of a political agenda.” Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state rejected the
'After Sappho' brings women in history to life to claim their stories
Writing on the literary representation of women in A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf mused that “What one must do to bring her to life was to think poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment, thus keeping in touch with fact […] but not losing sight of