If there’s a large enough conversation happening in our community, you can rest assured that it will come up in some form or fashion on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s “Red Table Talk.” And for the past few weeks, the discussion that has dominated discussion in the Black community specifically is Gayle King’s question to Lisa Leslie about […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. “Two wrongs don’t make no right. when you’re wrong, you gotta fix it,” he said in an Instagram post on Wednesday. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. “Two wrongs don’t make no right. when you’re wrong, you gotta fix it,” he said in an Instagram post on Wednesday. […]
After Gayle King’s interview with Lisa Leslie hit the internet, folks were very unhappy with a specific question that she asked about Kobe Bryant. Among those upset was rapper Snoop Dogg, who voiced his disapproval in a video. Russ doesn’t have an issue with Snoop being upset, but he has an issue with something that […]
Oprah Winfrey was brought to tears when she was asked how her best friend, Gayle King is handling the backlash she received after asking Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant‘s sexual assault case in 2003, mentioning that King had received death threats. Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text […]
Yesterday Russ made comments surrounding the Gayle King situation that lead people to believe that he was defending her. But, he says he wasn’t defending her rather he was, “defending journalism,” and what they’re taught. In Journalism school you’re taught that “if it bleeds it leads,” and Gayle “artfully” asked the question to Lisa Leslie; […]
Gayle King is speaking out after video of an interview she did with Lisa Leslie sparked controversy. In the video, King asked Leslie about the past sexual assault allegations against Kobe Bryant, and folks aren’t happy about it. Barry Bonds Tweeted that she should be ashamed of herself for asking that question to which she […]
Gayle King heard you. After her interview with former L.A. Sparks star Lisa Leslie went viral for all the wrong reasons, King addressed the backlash, saying disrespecting Kobe Bryant was not the takeaway she’d intended. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram King interviewed Leslie about her longtime friendship with Bryant, as a member of the […]
Gayle King has drawn the ire of Kobe Bryant’s mourning fans. In an interview on “CBS This Morning” King asked former L.A. Sparks star and Bryant friend Lisa Leslie did she think supporting him was ‘complicated.” A poised Leslie said that in her twenty-year friendship with Kobe she’d never seen him being aggressive with women. […]
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Dikembe Mutombo, who registered 3,289 blocks during his NBA career, is among the 11-member Class of 2015 selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which was announced Monday. Mutombo, who played 18 NBA seasons and was an eight-time All-Star selection and four-time NBA defensive player of the year, will be enshrined along with […]
