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LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With SportingNews.com's Garry Howard About No One Being Elected To Baseball's Hall Of Fame

Roland Martin Talks with Garry Howard from SportingNews.com about the Hall of Fame Election.

Stark: What Should The Hall Of Fame Be?

Source: Jayson Stark / ESPN The votes are in. The earth is still rumbling. Now let’s try to digest the magnitude of what just happened here. It boggles the mind. Doesn’t it? We were just presented the most star-studded Hall of Fame ballot in maybe 75 years. And NOBODY got elected? It’s enough to make you wonder: [...]

SIL LAI ABRAMS: Are Blacks To Blame For The Popularity Of Reality TV?

Source: Sil Lai Abrams / theGrio At this point, most black people with an Internet connection have heard the news that the Oxygen network has a new reality show in the pipeline that revolves around G-Unit rapper Shawty Lo and the relationships he has with the ten mothers of his eleven children. The public outcry in [...]

ESPN: Carmelo Anthony Suspended 1 Game For Confronting Kevin Garnett (VIDEO)

Source:  Ian Begley / ESPN New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been suspended one game without pay for confronting Boston’s Kevin Garnett in the arena tunnel, near the players’ locker rooms, and in the parking garage following Monday’s game against the Boston Celtics. The NBA announced the suspension on Wednesday. Anthony will serve the suspension on Thursday when the Knicks take [...]

BLEACHER REPORT: Sacramento Kings Reportedly Close To Being Sold To Seattle-Based Group

Source: Alex Kay / Bleacher Report After years of rampant rumors and wild speculation as to what may happen to the struggling Sacramento Kings, the Seattle-based Hansen-Ballmer investment group is reportedly on the verge of purchasing the team for $500 million, as per AdrianWojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. The investors apparently have grandiose plans to relocate the organization to the [...]

Biden: Determined To Take Action On Guns (VIDEO)

Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting at the White House with victims groups and gun-safety organizations. Wednesday’s meeting is to be part of a series of gatherings Biden is conducting this week. (Jan. 9)

Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By President Obama

Source: Zachary A. Goldfarb, Jim Tankersley and Chris Cillizza / The Washington Post President Obama plans to nominate White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary, choosing a trusted adviser with deep experience in the nation’s budget challenges and in the legislative warfare that will test Obama’s second term, according to people familiar with [...]

AIG Won’t Join Lawsuit Against U.S.

Source: Chris Isidore / CNN Money The board of AIG decided Wednesday not to join a shareholder lawsuit against taxpayers which challenges the terms of the bailout that saved the insurer from bankruptcy in 2008. The board did not detail the reasons for the decision, saying it will make that clear in court filings in the [...]

BEWARE: Flu Picks Up Steam Across The U.S. (VIDEO)

Source: Elizabeth Landau / CNN The flu has been spreading fiercely across the United States, with more than half of states reporting widespread activity. The season has started earlier, and cases are more severe than last year, health officials say. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu advisory report, which covers the week of December [...]

Empty Feeling: Baseball Hall Fails To Add New Member In ’13

Source: ESPN For the first time since 1996, the Baseball Hall of Fame will have a year without any new members. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell and Sammy Sosa were among those who failed to achieve the 75 percent vote necessary for election. Since 1965, the only years the writers didn’t elect a candidate were when Yogi [...]