Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of “The Fight Of The Century,” the first of three Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali…

Professional boxing had come a long way in the half-century that preceded March 8, 1971, the night Joe Frazier and…

The actor: With a career that began in the theater and subsequently traveled through countless film and television…

They’re going to be juuust fine.

Leon Spinks passed away on February 5 due to prostate cancer at the age of 67. On February 15, 42 years ago, he…

And we back and we back! The second week of Black History Month is well underway and of course The Root is back with…

LOS ANGELES—Calling the trend a disturbing symptom of underlying systemic issues, experts at the UCLA Center Of…

Michael B. Jordan, star of the Creed franchise and Just Mercy is continuing to build upon his relationship with…

There’s a real “supergroup” energy to Regina King’s directorial feature debut, One Night In Miami, which imagines…

Regina King’s feature directorial debut may chronicle one epic night, but she has many prominent days and nights to…

The Sunken Place has apparently claimed an unlikely victim—the son of iconic heavyweight boxer and renowned civil…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ensured that this year’s ESPYs would be radically different than any of its…

With no desire whatsoever to just shut up and dribble, one of the most outspoken athletes of our time, LeBron James,…

On the same weekend that former Secretary of State Colin Powell pulled down his pants and took a massive shit all…

Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian outburst was a Friday morning tweet that Twitter flagged as violating the…

Last night, some sports fans got an explanation they had been waiting years for.

Black history is American history. Full stop.

In Ali & Cavett: The Tale Of The Tapes (premiering Feb. 11 on HBO), legendary talk show host Dick Cavett offers a…

That moment when you realize microaggressions don’t only happen in the corporate office.

We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: Regina BEEN King.