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Jason Whitlock: Levenson Is Anything But Racist

by Jason Whitlock ESPN Let’s start here: Based on his controversial, allegedly racially insensitive internal email, Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson has far more in common with the writer of this column than disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Maybe Levenson has some documented, Sterling-like history of racial discrimination that has yet to be revealed. Maybe Levenson swiftly […]

NewsOne Now Video Podcast: The Dollar Store Diet

Papa Joe Aviance joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to explain how he lost 200 lbs on a dollar store diet. During his appearance on “NewsOne Now,” Aviance said that he combined walking and exercise with his dollar store diet to drop the pounds. Subscribe to the “NewsOne Now” Video Podcast on iTunes Listen to today’s entire show, […]

NewsOne Now Podcast: Inappropriate, Bigoted, Racist Or Honest? Are You Offended By Bruce Levenson’s Email?

Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson has decided to sell his controlling interest in the team after a two year old racially charged email surfaced. Some have called the email racist, while others have dismissed it from being racially insensitive. Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Cleo Manago, Francesca Chambers and Wilmer Leon III, Ph.D.) tackled the controversy surrounding Levenson’s […]

Baltimore Ravens Terminate Ray Rice’s Contract

Source: ESPN The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back Ray Rice’s contract on Monday, hours after TMZ Sports released a video showing him punching his then-fiancée in the face in an Atlantic City hotel elevator in February. The team had no other comment in its statement announcing Rice’s release. Rice’s assault on Janay Palmer, who he married in March, drew a two-game […]

Roland Martin, Bomani Jones Talk Racist Comments From Atlanta Hawks Owner

Today On the Tom Joyner Morning Show: Roland Martin talks to ESPN 2 Analyst, Bomani Jones about Bruce Levenson, the Atlanta Hawks Owner who self-reported an e-mail to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver that he wrote to the team’s co-owners and general manager Danny Ferry in August 2012 that he called “inappropriate and offensive.” “He basically said we got […]

Video Surfaces Of Ray Rice’s Domestic Violence Incident

Source: WUSA9 / USA Today WASHINGTON — You may have seen the video of Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice dragging his then-fiancée out of an elevator in Atlantic City earlier this year, but now TMZ has posted video of the punch that happened before that. On February 15, Rice and Janay Palmer got into an […]

NewsOne Now Video Podcast: The State Of Black Unemployment

The latest jobs numbers are out and despite the overall unemployment rate falling to 6.1%, unemployment for African Americans remains in double digit figures at 11.4%. Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Dru Ealons, Lauren Victoria Burke and Michelle Hudgens, discuss the August jobs report and the state of Black unemployment. Subscribe to the “NewsOne Now” Video Podcast on iTunes Listen […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Those Freaky Photos On Your Phone Ain’t Safe

Since the sexual photo hacking scandal happened, have you deleted those risqué and explicit photos/videos from your phone? Roland Martin took your calls and received some really interesting responses about those freaky photos on your phone. The latest jobs numbers are out and despite the overall unemployment rate falling to 6.1%, unemployment for African Americans remains in double digit […]

Roland Martin Talks Childhood Obesity, FLOTUS’ Decision To Replace School Lunches With Healthier Options

Today On the Tom Joyner Morning Show: Roland Martin talks to Clinical Nutritionist Robert Ferguson of DietFreeLife.com about childhood obesity and First Lady Michelle Obama’s decision to replace school lunches with healthier options. “Nobody wants to give up or change the way their eating. It’s not the pizza that’s the problem, it’s the amount of pizza you’re eating. Instead of going […]

NewsOne Now Video Podcast: WTH?! “Exasperated” Reaction To Mother’s Pregnancy

Roland Martin, Aruba Tommy and Tony Redz chop up all of this week’s craziest stories during “WTH?! Thursday” on “NewsOne Now.” This week’s line up includes a child who can’t believe that his mom is pregnant again, a woman marrying a stray dog to ward off evil spirits, two women operating a meth lab in a church and two […]