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According to reports, Shaq’s son Shareef O’Neal will miss UCLA’s entire basketball season due to a heart condition. O’Neal, a freshman at UCLA, reportedly went to the doctor after “feeling funny” during practice. The condition is serious and requires surgery. O’Neal is expected to return after this upcoming season. HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM HOMEPAGE

LaVar Ball has pulled his son LiAngelo off the UCLA basketball team to get ready for the NBA. There’s just one problem – he's not projected to be in the NBA Draft.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Outspoken basketball dad LaVar Ball questioned the extent of President Donald Trump’s involvement in securing his son’s release from the custody of Chinese authorities during a combative 20-minute CNN interview on Monday night. The president, in tweets Sunday, said he should have left LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players accused […]

Whatchu Think? is a new segment with Damon Williams where we ask what he thinks. Donald Trump and Lavar Ball are going at it on Twitter after Trump tweeted he should have left the UCLA players in China to go to jail. Damon thinks it’d be pretty cool to watch the two go at it because Trump has met […]

11/17/17- Donald Trump once again is the Bamma Of The Week/Life! His terrible trip to Asia embarrassing the U.S., tweeting about not getting thanked for helping the UCLA players, not saying a word about the Roy Moore situation in Alabama but tweeting about Sen. Al Franken! That’s a long list of mess ups! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com […]

President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the theft case of thee UCLA basketball players.

“Get Out” writer/director Jordan Peele on Thursday stunned a group of UCLA students taking a “Black Horror” class taught by legendary author-turned-professor Tananarive Due. The filmmaker made a surprise appearance in Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic, a class inspired by his smash hit film “Get Out.” “Today we snuck @JordanPeele into a […]

We’ve got some drama to report involving some guy named LaVar Ball and former NBA star and current NBA broadcaster (on TNT) Charles Barkley. Mr. Ball is the father of UCLA star freshman guard Lonzo Ball and he, quite frankly has pissed off Sir Charles with the words that have come out of his mouth. Ball’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s next book will be a fond look back at his long friendship with John Wooden, the celebrated basketball coach at UCLA. “Coach Wooden and Me” will be published next June and will combine personal memories and lessons learned from his friend and mentor, Grand Central Publishing told The Associated […]

Snoop Dogg’s son has had a change of heart when it comes to college football. After quitting the UCLA football team in August, Cordell Broadus has met with Coach Jim Mora and has been given permission to rejoin the football team…as a walk-on, according to TMZ Sports. “Cordell spoke with Coach Mora, indicating he missed […]

Black History Month has never been this Black. There’s Beyoncè’s “Formation” video, there was Cam Newton (Say what you want haters, he’s still the MVP) Serena Williams making it to the Australian Open final (she lost, but still)  and Nate Parker’s Sundance Film Festival takeover. (It happened at the end of January, but we’re still counting […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas Welsh led five players in double figures with 21 points and UCLA knocked off No. 1 Kentucky 87-77 on Thursday night in the Bruins’ first victory over a top-ranked team since 2003. Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton added 15 points each, Tony Parker had 11 and Aaron Holiday 10 for […]