Trayvon Martin was just 17 years old when he was unjustly killed seven years ago. He was unarmed and was still shot dead, despite having so much more life to live.
Trayvon Martin had dreams of working with planes, either flying them or fixing them.
The death of Martin sparked a movement across the country against racial prejudice and profiling from police and other authority. The Black Lives Matter movement has grown and blossomed since the time of Martin’s untimely death. It’s important to look back on this tragedy and send our thoughts and prayers toward the Martin family and continue to show support of the movement that has surrounded his cause.
Trayvon Martin may have died young, but the impact and support of the people around him will last a lifetime. The fight to make this world better rolls on.
If you do one thing today, read everything you can about Trayvon and keep his memory alive.
According to ESPN’s MLB Insider Jeff Passan, Nolan Arenado has signed a new eight-year contract that is worth $255 million, a record breaking contract for annual value.
The four time All-Star agreed to stay with Colorado this morning for the inevitable future. The contract is worth, on average, $32.5 million per year and has an opt-out clause that will allow Arenado to become a free agent when he turns 30. Last year, Arenado finished third in the MVP voting, hitting 38 home runs and driving in 118 runs.
Arenado is regarded as one of the best third-basemen in the MLB
Arenado was slated to be the top free agent next season with a ton of teams showing interest in him including the Yankees and Red Sox. This deal takes him off the market for the foreseeable, his new deal has a full-no trade clause keeping him as the face of the Rockies franchise.
MLB Network Insider Joel Sherman notes the nature of some of the record-breaking contracts handed out over the years. The Marlins, Padres, and Rockies have been the three teams to give players the top contracts in league history, a surprise to see considering the pay days big market teams give out constantly.
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Desus and Mero are back and the brand is stronger than ever over at Showtime. While their new show premiered last Thursday night, the catalog of videos left behind from their Viceland show is a treasure trove of comedy. Their old YouTube channel is like a bottomless bag of potato chips, you can’t ever just watch one.
If you’re at work or just looking for a distraction, I present to you this beautiful masterpiece of some local Bronx natives commenting on some other local Bronx natives. If you’re at work looking for a break, throw on some headphones and watch a modern day Zapruder film.
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ESSKEETIT!!! Rapper Lil Pump has reportedly been chosen to be the speaker at this years commencement at Harvard University.
According to XXL and Lil Pump’s IG story, he will be giving the speech at the end of Harvard’s school year. If the reports are true, Lil Pump will be the youngest person ever to give the commencement speech. There is a good chance this is just a rumor because The Harvard Crimson reported earlier this year that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the speaker at this years event. Harvard does have two separate speeches on separate days, so there is still a chance that these reports are true. What a dynamic duo Angela Merkel and Lil Pump will make at the ceremony this year. Potential collab in the works?
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Watch Lil Pump’s IG story to see him talk about the speech
Hopefully, the Lil Pump rumors are true because it would be wild to watch him speak to a room full of new graduates.
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After the huge success of season one and the lackluster showing in season two, viewers waited with anticipation where season three would land on the satisfaction scale. Last night, during the Oscars, the show aired the season three finale to some mixed results from the public.
The finale juggles through all three timelines and we get answers to pretty much everything, but perhaps not in the way we intend. In the 2015 timeline, Wayne and Roland track down the man known as Mr. June and he divulges everything that happened back in 1980 with the disappearance to Julie Purcell. The story the show had been telling up to this point was dark and grim, but the resolution of the case showed the abduction of Julie wasn’t nearly grisly as one would imagine. It wasn’t a part of a larger conspiracy, it was an abduction that went tragically wrong, leaving a wake of destruction in its path. The case wasn’t really solved by Wayne or Roland, it was just disclosed, leaving Roland to wonder if knowing the full story changes the way he feels about his life.
Mahershala Ali won the Oscar for best supporting actor last night and was the starred in this season of True Detective (Reuters).
The finale wasn’t about the case, but about how it affected these people and this town over the course of nearly 40 years. In 1980, we see that Wayne is relegated to desk duty because of the op-ed piece written by Amelia, leaving a divide between the two only for them to come right back to one another. In 1990, we see Wayne and Amelia continuing to mend their relationship that has been constantly fractured due to the Purcell case. Roland is clearly overwhelmed after murdering Harris James and starts a massive bar fight between some bikers. Outside the bar he seeks companionship with a stray dog, throughout the whole series Roland thrives through presence of others and struggles when he’s alone. The 2015 timeline is where we leaned into a bit of controversy amongst viewers. Wayne does in fact track down Julie Purcell after all these years, but his fading memory leads him to forget where he is. There is a moment where we see that Wayne may remember what he’s doing, but it’s left to us to decide. The final shot of the season shows Wayne, back in Vietnam, walking into the jungle. It’s certainly a choice to have that moment be the capstone on the whole season, but after letting it sit, it may be a brilliant finish to the story. Wayne’s purpose in life was to track, he’s been doing it all his life, it’s all he knows, and the final moment of his fleeting memory that we see is him wading into the dangers of the Vietnam jungle.
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