The U.S. Black Chambers Inc. and ByBlack made the BIG3 basketball league, founded by Ice Cube, the first Black-owned sports league on October 14.

Now, the BIG3 can create connections with Black Chambers of Commerce all around the country and work directly with Black businesses.

Former NBA player and current coach of the defending BIG3 champions Trilogy, Stephen Jackson, tweeted his congratulations to Cube and called for more viewers to tune in.

“Come support Cube, don’t just post it,” Jackson said “Come out to a game and support him. I’ve been here since day one, Cube knows I’m riding with him.” 

Cube expressed gratitude to @daTrillStak5 in a tweet. “We definitely need everybody’s support. The @nba and @espn are doing everything in their powers to ignore or destroy @thebig3.”

Appreciate you @DaTrillStak5. We definitely need everybody’s support. The @nba and @espn are doing everything in their powers to ignore or destroy @thebig3 👊🏽 https://t.co/e9pO6JlTGl

— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 15, 2022

Cube has already spoken out against the NBA, so this isn’t the first time he’s done so openly. In an interview with Basketball News published in June 2022, Cube discussed the status of the BIG3 within the NBA.

In regards to the BIG3, Cube says, “The NBA hasn’t been the nicest to the BIG3,”. “Of course, publicly, they say all the right words. But we know privately there’s things done behind the scenes [with] sponsors, broadcasts. It did tarnish my fandom a bit.”

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The NBA made the announcement on Saturday on behalf of Dikembe Mutombo and his family that the Hall of Fame center is having treatment for a brain tumor.

According to a statement released by the NBA, Mutombo, who is second all-time in career blocks, is commencing therapy in Atlanta and is in “excellent spirits.”

The league has claimed that Dikembe and his family have asked for privacy so they may focus on his care. They appreciate all the positive thoughts and prayers.

At 56 years old, Mutombo retired from the NBA following the 2008-09 season after 18 seasons with the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, and Houston Rockets.

Over his 18-year career, he won four Defensive Player of the Year awards, was named to three All-NBA teams and participated in eight All-Star contests. With a career total of 3,289 blocks, Mutombo is second only to Hakeem Olajuwon in NBA history and is 17th all-time in rebounds (12,359). (3,830). Mutombo’s signature was a witty wag of his right index finger that he made after every block.

Atlanta Hawks primary owner Tony Ressler remarked, “We know he will approach this challenge with the same determination and grit that have made him a legend on and off the court,”

Now that his playing days are over, Mutombo devotes much of his time to helping others. He has promoted basketball all around the world, but especially in Africa, where the second season of the Basketball Africa League just ended in May.

In 2015, Mutombo was recognized for his contributions to basketball by being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Just lately, he has made appearances at Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Springfield, Massachusetts, and two exhibition games in Saitama, Japan. In August, Mutombo and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken both made appearances in the Congo, Mutombo’s home country.

At one point during their time together, Blinken praised Mutombo, telling him, “You’ve done so much to bring the world together.”

The Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, which Mutombo established in 1997, is dedicated to enhancing Congolese people’s health, education, and well-being. A hospital with 170 beds was built with the help of his foundation in the country’s capital of Kinshasa, where it has provided care to over half a million people who could not afford it.

In addition, he has served on the boards of various organizations, such as Special Olympics International, the CDC Foundation, and the National Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

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After more than 20 years of success on the tennis court, Serena Williams has retired from the sport. Could be what she wants us to believe.

It was questioned of Williams on the September 13 episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” if she might return to tennis.

What, Fallon questioned, “is there no chance you’ll do a Tom Brady and say, ‘Maybe I’m evolving to coming back?'”

Williams shot back, “You know what? Tom Brady started an amazing trend. That’s what I want to say.”

Brady has stated that he will retire from the NFL after the conclusion of the 2021 season. Forty days later, Brady reversed his decision and said he would resume playing.

Williams discussed retirement in great detail on the show.

“I think retirement is something that’s super-earned, that people work really hard for,” Williams said. “But I just feel like I’m at an age where I definitely have a lot more to give, there’s a lot more I want to do, so I’m not going to be relaxing. There is so much more for me and I feel it’s more like an evolution of Serena.

“There [are] so many things that I’ve been wanting to do for so many years and I have such a passion for tennis for so long that I have never done it but now it’s time for me to try to enjoy those things.”

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