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    Los Angeles Dodgers Outfield Andrew Toles (60) touches home after being batted in for the go-ahed run on an RBI single by Los Angeles Dodgers Second base Chase Utley (26) (not pictured) during game 4 of the NLDS between the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers on October 11, 2016, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. The Dodgers defeated the Nationals 6-5. Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
    By Rhiannon Walker Kofie Yeboah

    GAME. BLOUSES.

    While both American League Division Series (ALDS) ended in sweeps, the National League is keeping things suspenseful. We will have an epic Game 5 between the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday after Dodgers second basemen Chase Utley brought home the winning run Tuesday night in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 4.

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    BLESSINGS!

    In the wake of the damage that Hurricane Matthew caused to Haiti, Washington football team players Ricky Jean Francois and Pierre Garçon decided to fly down to the Caribbean island on Monday to deliver medical supplies to their ancestral home.

    You can read more of the full touching story here.

    SOCIAL STATUS

    If you watched the presidential debate this past Sunday, you know that audience member Ken Bone emerged as the rising star. His hall of fame red sweater and thought-provoking question on energy policy won his way into America’s hearts.

    He even has his own Halloween costume now.

    How cool is he? Former President Bill Clinton shook his hand, not the other way around.

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    Bone now has over 150,000 followers on Twitter and was even offered free ALDS tickets. But you know you’ve made it when the legendary Snoop Dogg offers to smoke with you.

    Only the most legendary of legends are worthy of an invitation from Snoop Dogg. Congratulations, Mr. Bone.

    FOR THE CULTURE

    For $54,000, the late rapper Tupac Shakur’s prison Bible can be yours.

    Minors as young as 14 are being tried as adults in New Jersey, and almost 90 percent of them are black or Latino.

    Human traffickers are likely to prey on kids in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew.

    Why so much blatant racism is bubbling to the surface in 2016.

    Nicki Minaj is here to slay.

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    ICYMI

    Tuesday night, The Undefeated and President Barack Obama held A Conversation With the President on Race, Sports and Achievement. If you missed any of the hourlong talk, we’ve got you covered:

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    Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.

    Kofie Yeboah asks for Sweet Tea at every restaurant and recites approximately 2.5 Spongebob lines per hour.

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