Originals
Sixteen year-old African-American tennis champ, Taylor Townsend, has just won the first qualifying round at the WTA Memphis Tennis Championships. The young athlete finished out last season as the top-ranked junior tennis world champion. Her keen success led the U.S. to victory in the 2012 Junior Fed Cup team competition.
Roland Martin talks with Ken Sullivan about he and his colleague’s recent work that led to Mississippi officially ratifying the 13th Amendment.
Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Mary J. Blige’s latest money issues, President Obama’s golf weekend with Tiger Woods, and Jerry Buss’ death.
Damon Williams jokes with the crew about the most ignorant story he has ever recounted. Find out what it’s about after you listen.
Sybil Wilkes discusses today’s news headlines including the latest on Jesse Jackson Jr’s legal woes.
A 250-pund Colorado woman was denied a massage because she is too ‘fat’. Laura Smith, booked an appointment at the Natural Healing Center in Colo. for a post half-marathon massage but she claims when she got there the masseuse said she could not be served. According to KDVR, the masseuse told her “I’m sorry but […]
Sixteen year-old African-American tennis champ, Taylor Townsend, has just won the first qualifying round at the WTA Memphis Tennis Championships. The young athlete finished out last season as the top-ranked junior tennis world champion. Her keen success led the U.S. to victory in the 2012 Junior Fed Cup team competition. Taylor Townsend is a Chicago […]
Dominique says she would have been slapping the man who slapped the noisy baby on the plane. Plus, more on the NBA’s All-Star weekend.
Now the star of NBC’s new series “Deception” with Meagan Good, the 38-year-old Afro-Cuban actor from New York has been steadily working his way up for the last decade, finally breaking out into leading man status in “Jumping the Broom.” He’s single with no children, a college degree from Howard and we haven’t seen him […]
Aretha Franklin is a national treasure. The ultimate singing diva should have a statue somewhere in downtown Detroit, as she’s one of the city’s greatest living legends. Franklin has long reigned as the Queen of Soul and though many young singers revere and respect her, none have come even close to replacing her. With classic […]
Leave it up to Sybil to jam up Laz Alonso about his current dating situation. Listen to find out what Huggy has to say about it, plus more on the NBA’s All-Star weekend.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the first black gospel music star of the 1930’s. Born Rosetta Nubin Tharpe in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, she was the first gospel artist to record for a major label and the first to cross to secular music. Tharpe started performing “Jesus is on the Main Line” at age four before touring […]
