Earl Lloyd, the first black NBA player has died at the age of 86. Lloyd a.k.a. ‘the Big Cat’ who served in the armed forces, was a CIAA All American, NBA champion, NBA’s first black Asst. Coach and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife and three sons. See story here
Court is now in session in the family of Marvin Gaye vs. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over the similarity of songs “Blurred Lines” and “Got To Give It Up” and whether Thicke infringed on the copyrights of Gayes’ family. Thicke played his testimony on a keyboard while playing songs that sound similar to other […]
Last week was a major pain with 6= inches of snow blanketing much of the Richmond metro area and round two is scheduled to start tonight into tomorrow morning. See WTVR
It took Texas jurors just three hours to find Eddie Ray Routh guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Chris Kyle, author of the best seller ‘American Sniper’ and his friend Chad Littlefield. Clint Eastwood directed ‘American Sniper’ movie, the highest grossing war movie ever which was based on this extraordinary story of the […]
Afroman, famous for his one-hit wonder song “Because I Got High” got arrested because he got violent and punched a female fan that walked on stage as he was performing. Afroman was arrested and released after paying a $330 bond.
In celebration of Black History Month, GRTC is dedicating Feb. 24th 2015 to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. On Dec. 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, leading to her being arrested and jailed. Days later, the infamous year-long bus boycott began resulting in the Supreme Court […]
According to TMZ, a health scare attributed to Type II diabetes has caused Daman Wayans to cancel his out-of-town comedy shows. See story here
Since Saturday, hundreds have signed a “Better with Bedden” online petition to keep Dr. Dana Bedden as the Richmond Public Schools Superintendent. See story here
My co-worker Robert Emanuel Hall put me on to this artist named Jarrod Lawson and all I can say is wowwwwww!!!
Warren Sapp was arrested on Feb. 2nd for soliciting prostitution and alleged assault at a hotel during Superbowl weekend. Police say that Sapp admitted to solicitation of two prostitutes for oral sex, and he also admitting recording one of the acts on his cell phone. Wowwww. See story here
Former Portland Trailblazer and NBA legend Jerome Kersey suddenly passed away at the age of 52. Medical examiners are now speculating that a blood clot from his left calf traveled to his lungs causing a pulmonary thromboembolism. Kersey had just underwent knee surgery earlier this week. See story here
Saturday Night Live celebrated 40 years of sketch comedy and they brought back all the greats with live and past sketch performances to entertain the crowd. One sketch did not make the cut, solely on the part of Eddie Murphy. This particular sketch would involve Will Ferrell and Eddie Murphy doing “Celebrity Jeopardy” where Murphy […]