High school basketball star Jabari Parker touted ‘best since LeBron’
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Jabari Parker (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Simeon junior basketball player Jabari Parker has high expectations. The country’s No. 1 recruit graces the cover of Sports Illustrated this week and is being called the “best since LeBron”. Even with all the talent in the world, the star on the rise has a difficult decision to make because of his religious beliefs. The Sun Times has the story:
If Simeon junior Jabari Parker wasn’t feeling the pressure of being the No. 1 basketball recruit in the country, he might now.
Not only has Sports Illustrated placed the hoops prodigy on its cover this week, but they call Parker “the best high school player since LeBron James.”
The cover story takes an indepth look at Parker’s Mormon faith. Writer Jeff Benedict, who is also Mormon, reports that Parker might have to make a choice between the NBA or a faith-spreading mission after his freshman year of college.
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Florida judge says rapper Luther Campbell should coach football
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A state administrative law judge says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell should be allowed to coach football in Florida schools.
Judge Robert Meale made his recommendation Tuesday.
The state refused to certify the 51-year-old rapper although he’s been volunteering as an assistant coach with local approval in Miami. Education officials cited his songs’ raunchy lyrics, a string of arrests and a performance with two women who removed their clothing in South Carolina.
Meale noted the charges were dropped, except for a couple misdemeanor gun crimes more than 25 years ago. He also wrote that Campbell has coached inner city youth and high school football without incident for years.
Campbell can take his case to an appellate court if Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson rejects Meale’s recommendation.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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Slideshow: Butt-kicking women of color on big screen
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Rihanna in ‘Battleship’
To coincide with the release of Rihanna’s new action film Battleship, theGrio has compiled a list of our favorite bada** big screen females. From the blaxploitation starlets Pam Grier and the late Tamara Dobson, to 80s icons Grace Jones and Tina Turner and finally we wind up with more modern personalities. Check out the slideshow before to see if your favorite made the list.
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Beyoncé in Obsessed
In this campy Fatal Attraction-style thriller, the pop star shows she’s not afraid to literally fight for her man.
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Queen Latifah in Set It Off
Before she graduated to light comedies and musicals, Latifah played a bada** bank robber in this hood classic.
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Vivica A. Fox in Kill Bill Vol. 1
Although her screen time was limited, Fox was unforgettable as a knife-wielding assassin in the first part of Quentin Tarrantino’s epic.
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Halle Berry in Die Another Day
The Oscar winner was not your average Bond girl in this blockbuster. As the feisty Jinx, she nearly stole the show from 007.
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Tina Turner in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
The soul music legend made a rare big screen appearance as the fearsome Aunty Entity in the final Mad Max film. She rules over Bartertown and makes the ‘two men enter, one man leaves’ rules of Thunderdome.
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Rosario Dawson in Sin City
This sexy star brought the comics to life as a gun toting prostitute in this offbeat noir based on a celebrated series of graphic novels by Frank Miller.
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Pam Grier in Coffy
The iconic blaxploitation star has been kicking butt for years (from Foxy Brown to Jackie Brown), but this is the hit film that started it all.
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Jada Pinkett Smith in The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions
The Matrix sequels may have been a disappointment for fans of the original, but Jada made an undeniably cool impression as the resourceful Niobe.
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Grace Jones in Conan the Destroyer
Avant garde pop star and ex-model Grace Jones made a splash in the 1980s as action hero — taking on the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger in this shot.
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Angela Bassett in Strange Days
After getting into tip-top shape for her Oscar-nominated role in What’s Love Got To Do With It_, Bassett’s ‘guns’ became legendary. She ably showed her action prowess in this sci-fi classic.
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Paula Patton in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
This sexy starlet teamed up with Tom Cruise’s masterspy Ethan Hunt in this franchise rebooting megahit.
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Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones
Although not as well known as Pam Grier, Dobson was equally tough as this fashionista crime fighter from the 1970s.
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Zoe Saldana in Colombiana
This waif-like actress showed she could play tough too in this revenge thriller, which hit theaters last year.
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Eartha Kitt in Batman
Ok, so the late Kitt never actually played Catwoman on the big screen but she was so purrfect in the role we had to include her anyway.
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