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Slavery was deeply embedded into #Kentucky’s growth, and it came at a brutal human cost. Enslaved people worked from sunup to sundown, breaking their bodies on farms, building infrastructure with bare hands and limited tools, and laboring endlessly in tobacco and hemp fields.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The fact that some people have been more outraged at a 15-minute halftime show than the Epstein files is crazy work!!
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sold his 4 championship rings, 3 MVP trophies, and other memorabilia for $2.8 million, donating every penny to youth education programs.

His reasoning:
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
As always, thanks for watching! 🙏🏽
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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A Utah lawmaker has introduced legislation that would allow concealed firearms permit holders to bring guns into publicly funded venues such as the Delta Center, where the Utah Jazz and Utah Mammoth play home games in Salt Lake City.
February 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Every single dollar matters: donate.v.org/campaign/698...
#WorldCancerDay
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The only way the disparity of Black head coaches in the #NFL changes is if the collective mentality of the league’s owners changes..
#ThePointAfter #BriscoeAndEaves
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: #NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell discusses Giants co-owner Steve Tisch appearing in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In 1950, Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton led the integration of the @NBA and, in doing so, became #basketball pioneers and civil rights icons.
#BHM
#blackhistorymonth
#sportscenter
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Didn’t have time to mention it last night, but do you know how I knew Jarrell Miller was really lying about his toupee? Mixing ammonia & bleach is VERY dangerous.. like potentially FATAL! So it ain’t no way his mama had some in her shower!
#BriscoeAndEaves
#sportscenter
February 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
#BHM: In 1863, the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment — the Civil War’s first combat unit made up of Black soldiers that escaped slavery — officially began their service for the Union Army, even though they had already been fighting for months.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“-a golf coach out here”

Ha! Thanks for the profesional feedback, @sadenaparks. I’m flattered but nah, I’m just a golf nut! 😂
January 31, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Stay the course!
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
--Langston Hughes
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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"With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech"
With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech
The rabidly anti-First Amendment administration plans to keep escalating its fascist assault on journalists, activists, and ordinary Americans too.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
For those of you wondering.. Yes.. it is snowing again in Connecticut! 😒
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Basketball lifer @kennysmith, turned golfer. All in the name of generational influence. I love hearing how golf ends up choosing us! Keep balling, Kenny! (Ping pong or golf 😂)
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Two-time Olympic medalist @jordanchiles joined @ro_mrs and me on@sportscenter to talk about her most recent perfect 10, her thoughts on competing in the 2028 #Olympics, and trying to do all things outside of gymnastics.
#BriscoeAndEaves #ucla #teamusa #gymnastics
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Some of you were asking about this #Kentucky hoodie I was wearing in a recent post. You can get it here: tiny.cc/zryx001
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Hold up! Y'all mean to tell me that somebody done made up another racquet sport?! Like, y'all tired of pickleball already? So y'all go out and take pickleball and tennis and make them have a baby and name it TYPTI?!?!

What in the hell is a typti?
(Black auntie voice)
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Here’s some little-known #Kentucky history on this #MLKDay
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired change by making people see what was possible. It's a legacy that's inspired me my entire life, and the fact that we once shared the same name only makes it cooler!
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
It's always cool to hear that people enjoy your work as much as you enjoy doing it. Thanks for the love and especially for rocking with @rb_mrs and me during those late nights and early mornings! CHEERS!
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Check out my interview on the “In the Bag” podcast on YouTube with my man @heathost and his co-host @iainpagefox29. We chopped it up about my #golf experience— both on the course and behind the mic. And oh yeah, we talked about my most disappointing hole-in-one!
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Just 65 years ago..
August 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM