VIDEO: Charles Barkley Says He and Kenny Smith are Good after Heated Vaccine Debate

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*Charles Barkley says he and his “Inside the NBA” co-host Kenny Smith are good after they got into a heated conversation about Kyrie Irving and his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. NBA commissioner Adam Silver joined the TNT broadcast to talk about Irving, among other league hot topics, and Silver reiterated that he hoped […]

Obama, Barkley, Shaq Address Vaccine Hesitancy Among Blacks (Watch)

*”So I’m playing Kenny the Jet,” quipped former president Barack Obama, who joined Basketball Hall of Famers-turned “Inside the NBA” analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal on and NBC special Sunday night to encourage Black Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines. Obama was referencing Kenny Smith, an analyst alongside Barkley and O’Neal on TNT’s NBA program. […]

New ‘Black-Ish’ Co-Showrunner Kenny Smith Inks Overall Deal With ABC Studios

*Kenny Smith – recently back as co-showrunner on ABC’s “Black-ish” in the wake of series creator Kenya Barris’ exit from his ABC Studios overall deal – has just signed his own three-year overall deal with the studio, according to Deadline. Under the pact, Smith, who had served as co-executive producer on the show’s third season, will […]

Yolanda Adams Sings at Funeral Service for Sportscaster Craig Sager (Watch)

*Grammy winner Yolanda Adams sang two songs at the memorial service of Craig Sager on Tuesday. The beloved TNT broadcaster, 65, died Thursday following a two-year fight with acute myeloid leukemia. Many of the mourners at Mount Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia granted one of Sager’s final wishes and wore bright colors, in honor […]

Kenny Smith Challenges NBA Players to Help Combat Police Brutality

*On a recent episode of the Tiki and Tierney radio show, Kenny Smith said “the system doesn’t work” for Black people, and he challenged pro athletes in the league to donate a percentage of their salary to the black community in an effort to help combat police brutality. Smith told host Brandon Tierney that in […]

Kenny Smith Helps ‘Refresh’ City Basketball Courts

* Kenny Smith returned to Chicago with Coors Light Full Court reFRESH to help refurbish more community basketball courts in Illinois. Kenny Smith + During an event, dubbed, “Four Corners,” Kenny Smith was joined by Chicago basketball legends Dee Brown and Ronnie Fields, Sports journalist and blogger, Bryan Crawford and Grammy-nominated hip-hop recording artist, 2 […]