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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, talks with reporters while surrounded by a group of African-American religious leaders in New York, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, following a meeting with a coalition of 100 African-American evangelical pastors and religious leaders in a private meeting at Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ORG XMIT: NYSW112

Roland Martin, host of TV One’s NewsOne Now, finally caught up with Pastor Darrell Scott – an ardent supporter of Donald Trump – during th

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James cheers along with the crowd during a parade Wednesday in downtown Cleveland to celebrate the team’s 2016 NBA championship. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)

LeBron James and the rest of the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers were honored with a downtown parade Wednesday as the city celebrated its first major professional sports title since 1964.

A crowd of approximately 1.3 million, some who had slept on sidewalks overnight to get a good view, packed downtown Cl

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LeBron James had some business to take care of before rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers for training camp.

He was at Nike’s corporate headquarters Tuesday for the unveiling of his new shoe, the LeBron 12. It is his first new shoe with Nike since he returned this summer to the Cavs.

The rollout comes less than two weeks before the four-time league MVP reports to training camp. The Cavs open the season on Oct. 30 at home against the New York Knicks.

The shoe, his 12th since signing with Nike

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Calls grow for Condoleezza Rice to rescue NFL Photo: AP

High powered backing for former Secretary of State to rescue America’s most popular sport

Support is growing for a campaign to draft Condoleezza Rice as Commissioner for the troubled National Football League (NFL).

American football, the country’s most popular sport and a bastion of macho male culture, has suffered one of the worst weeks in its history with three high-profile stars facing accusations of domestic violence.

The crisis has

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Following Lebron James’ announcement on Friday that he would be taking his talents from South Beach back to Cleveland, “the biggest Miami Heat fan in the world among pastors” expressed his surprise, grief — and admiration.

Tullian Tchividjian, who pastors at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, never dreamed that his team’s best player would be leaving the squad following their defeat in the NBA finals last month.

“I was devastated. Literally. I’m a grown 41-year-old m

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FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2009 file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James reacts during the second half against the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The three-team trade that gave the Cavaliers salary cap space to possibly land LeBron James is official. The Cavs and Boston Celtics confirmed the deal on Thursday, July 10, 2014, when the NBA moratorium on signings ended. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler, File)
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CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James' latest decision is in: He's returning to Cleveland.

Ending a saga that had the NBA virtually at a standstill while he made up his mind, James told Sports Illustrated for a story published Friday that he's decided to go home. His decision reverses the move he made when he left the Cavaliers for Miami four years ago, and a twist that would have seemed unfathomable after the venomous fallout when he joined the Heat.

"When I left Cleveland, I was on a missi

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