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Racist NBA Owner Donald Sterling Is Racist on Tape
Tom Scocca · 04/26/14 11:38AMFor years and years, the NBA, which depends on the labor of black athletes and the goodwill of black fans, has tried to ignore the well-documented fact that Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, is unambiguously and actively racist (in addition to being a lawbreaker and all-around degenerate).
Frontline Documentary About 'AIDS in Black America' Still Doesn't Reveal Who Gave Magic Johnson HIV
A.J. Daulerio · 07/11/12 03:40PMFor more than 20 years, Magic Johnson has been HIV positive—but it's never been revealed who he contracted it from. Last night on PBS's Frontline documentary, "AIDS in Black America," Magic disclosed the same vague answer he's given the press since 1991: "Sleeping with a lot of women."
Black People Getting Cable Channels Just as Vapid as White People's Cable Channels
Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/12 10:20AMWhen Comcast acquired NBC Universal, part of its deal with the FCC was that it would "launch 10 new independently owned cable channels, with most backed by African Americans and Latinos, by 2018." Well. The first two Black People Channels have been announced. Black people, prepare for a fiesta of cable mediocrity!
Will HuffPo 'Taint' AOL's Brand? (No)
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/11 02:27PMYou Already Love Angry Birds, Now Feast Your Eyes on Angry Larry Birds
Whitney Jefferson · 02/02/11 12:30PMMagic Johnson is Dead Serious About Bringing the NFL to Los Angeles
Morgan Barry · 12/01/10 11:31AMCutbacks at The Onion; New York A.V. Club Folded
Hamilton Nolan · 02/23/10 02:10PMThe Ten Most Important Moments of the Michael Jackson Memorial Mess
Richard Lawson · 07/07/09 03:18PMGated Community, Nannies' Shortcuts in Turmoil as A-Listers Go to War
STV · 11/28/08 01:19PMHappy Birthday
cityfile · 08/14/08 06:26AMTerry Richardson turns 43 today. We're guessing whatever Terry has planned this evening will involve plenty of liquor and barely-legal girls in their underwear. Maybe Lady Bunny can come over, too. She (he?) turns 46 today. Also celebrating today: playwright Thomas Meehan is 79, Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden is turning 49, and another Oscar winner, Halle Berry, is 42. Magic Johnson is 49. Theater producer Allan Buchman is celebrating his 63rd. Actress Mila Kunis is 25. And America's Next Top Model's Jay Manuel turns 36.