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Steve Smith talks preseason basketball and his journey to the small screen
As the NBA charges into preseason, the player-turned-analyst looks forward to showdowns, protests — and getting better
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Emmys 2016 red carpet diary
Who got game? Hollywood does. That’s who
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‘Survivor’s Remorse’ recap: The awful truth
M-Chuck’s origin story — less mysterious, more painful
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‘Power’ recap: Murder, snarls, and hella emotional love
Tasha and Ghost reconnect, Kanan influences Tariq, and Tommy has lost his mind — again

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Analyze This: A chat with ‘College GameDay’ analyst Desmond Howard
The Super Bowl MVP on his journey to broadcasting, his one-on-one with Harry Edwards, and the importance of athlete activism

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Analyze This: A chat with HBCU football analyst Jay Walker
On balancing politics and sports, Kaepernick, and how college players are at the root of current athlete activism

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The creative freedom of Daymond John
He will not be placed in a box

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Why are black Brits missing from PBS’s ‘Masterpiece’? Because they’re missing from British television
Behind ‘Luther,’ ‘Mercy Street,’ and even HBO’s ‘The Night Of’

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The creative freedom of Nicole Byer
Byer’s television version of herself makes terrible decisions — hooray for that