(BPRW) FSU Football Star Inks Deal With Church’s Chicken Franchise (Black PR Wire) FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Fayetteville-born restaurateur Nicholas Perkins, the new owner of the Fuddruckers premium hamburger brand, has a soft spot for students whose mental toughness enables them to be academic and athletic standouts. Which explains why Perkins, 40, a onetime gridiron star […]
(BPRW) FSU Football Star Inks Deal With Church’s Chicken Franchise (Black PR Wire) FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Fayetteville-born restaurateur Nicholas Perkins, the new owner of the Fuddruckers premium hamburger brand, has a soft spot for students whose mental toughness enables them to be academic and athletic standouts. Which explains why Perkins, 40, a onetime gridiron star […]
Ky’Wuan Dukes has signed a deal with chicken fast food chain Bojangles. Freshman wide receiver at Johnson C. Smith University located in Charlotte, North Carolina has become Freshman wide receiver at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, Dukes is the first student-athlete from a historically Black college or university to sign an endorsement deal. The […]
After the NCAA determined student-athletes could be paid for their likeness and endorsements, many players took full advantage of the historic ruling. Of the players who capitalized on the opportunity was Johnson C. Smith University wide receiver Ky’Wuan Dukes, according to the Independent Tribune. Shortly after the decision from the association, Dukes signed an endorsement […]
Santia Deck made history in 2020 becoming the first woman athlete to sign a multi-million dollar deal to play football, has now announced that Tronus, her footwear startup, has started a historic partnership with Foot Locker, Inc.’s subsidiary Eastbay Black Business reported. “I just think about all the young people, especially girls and people of […]
Master P’s son Hercy Miller has signed a multi-million dollar deal to be a brand ambassador for tech company Web Apps America while playing basketball as a freshman at Tennessee State University this fall. The endorsement deal comes after the NCAA changed its rules to allow college athletes to score endorsement deals and earn money. […]
Shaun King is trending again on Twitter after Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, accused him of raising money without her consent. Frustrated with how she believes King is using the death of her son for his own financial gain, Samaria took to Instagram to tell her side of the story. “Why do you think […]
After finally getting past the lost password hurdle with my Headspace app, I’d embarked on my less than quarterly practice of reacquainting myself with meditation. I went on to play one of the app’s basic three-minute meditations and was pleasantly floored to hear a voice not too far off from my own. Headspace’s first Black […]
Jax James joined TikTok at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and the 18-year-old has been using her platform to inform and educate the masses ever since. During an interview with Blavity, James shared that although she didn’t foresee her profile accumulating nearly three million followers, she’s thankful to have such a […]
Dreamville rapper J. Cole is expected to ink a professional contract with the Rwanda Patriots BBC to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). According to ESPN, the 36-year-old rapper, born Jermaine Lamarr Cole, arrived in Rwanda over the weekend and is under quarantine protocols in order to play in the […]