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LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers makes a lay up against the Indiana Pacers during the first quarter of the championship game of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament at T-Mobile Arena on December 09, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

LeBron James, not Jordan, is the GOAT

David Masciotra
Solomon Hughes in "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" (Warrick Page/HBO)

Gen Z needs this NBA history lesson

D. Watkins
Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro in "Air" (Amazon Studios)

"Air" fails Sonny Vaccaro & sneakerheads

D. Watkins
Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

"Ted Lasso" sheds light on Simone Biles

Melanie McFarland
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Charles Barkley in "Shut Up & Dribble" (Showtime)

"Shut Up and Dribble" hits its shot

Melanie McFarland
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Man of the times

Max Cea
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Brendan Gauthier
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Chris Osterndorf - The Daily Dot
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Tamir Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Mike Brown, Barack Obama (AP/Reuters/Jordan Strauss/Saul Loeb)

"Black" or "African-American"?

Brittney Cooper
Michael Jordan, LeBron James (AP/Michael Conroy/Reuters/Andrew Innerarity/Photo montage by Salon)

Black male cool's fatal limits

Mychal Denzel Smith
Donald Sterling (AP/Danny Moloshok)

"Keep the heat on Adam Silver"

Elias Isquith

Prachi Gupta
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Cleveland Browns running back Chris Ogbonnaya (AP/Mark Duncan)

Jacob Sugarman
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Prachi Gupta
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Kate Brumback, Steve Reed

Must-see morning clip

Kera Bolonik
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