Al Trautwig, NBC’s gymnastics announcer at the Rio Games, apologized Monday for suggesting that Simone Biles’ adoptive parents are not really her parents. “I regret that I wasn’t more clear in my wording on the air,” he said in a statement emailed by NBC Sports. “I compounded the error on Twitter, which I quickly corrected. […]

Bob Martin/AELTC/Pool/Getty Images After Serena Williams made her historic Wimbledon win over the weekend, the tennis star spoke about the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and why she worries about her young nephews.  “I don’t think that the answer is to continue to shoot our young black men in the United States. […]

They were words that took tennis back to the dark ages, the tournament director of one of the sport’s most prestigious events saying that women professionals should get “down” on their “knees” every night to thank some of their male contemporaries. Except Raymond Moore’s comments didn’t come in the distant past; instead the South African […]

Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t letting Chris Rock’s Oscars dig get her down. Pinkett Smith said she was unfazed by Rock’s jokes about her in his opening monologue at the awards ceremony, saying it simply “comes with the territory.” “It comes with the territory, sweetheart,” she told x17online. “We got to keep it moving, there’s a lot of stuff […]

Whether Will Smith has any ill will toward Chris Rock or not regarding his comments on Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith is still a mystery. What can be said is that Smith is practicing his right to remain silent. Upon spotting the rapper-actor when he left a restaurant in New York City, TMZ questioned Smith […]

In honor of Black History Month, Christian rapper Lecrae — whose highly praised three-part mixtape series Church Clothes carries his powerful message of faith — reflects on the nation’s rich…

Bishop TD Jakes is known the world-over as a sound faith leader. He launched a show that was similar to Dr. Phil this past summer…

photo courtesy: JoelOsteenMinistries: Why did Lakewood co-pastor Victoria Osteen’s comments about being happy make so many people mad? Well, those within the faith community who…

Ok, so while we realize this isn’t our usual Gospel news, this is of particular interest.  Paula Deen rose to stardom as a regular guest on the Oprah…

  A couple of days ago a storm came through here that was crazy. I’ve never seen that much hail and rain. It reminded me…

The legendary 62-year-old musical genius has issued an apology in the wake of comments he made about the sexual orientation of R&B newcomer Frank Ocean,…

Embattled Missouri Republican Todd Akin has asked for forgiveness in a new ad amid a furious campaign by his own party to force the congressman…