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2019 Strong & Leading NFL's MVP candidates

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Heading into December with 4 games to go, these three quarterbacks Seattle's Russell Wilson, Baltimore's Lamar Jackson and Houston's DeShaun Watson have lead their respected teams to winning records, are likely to pull down 2019 NFL MVP. There are a couple of dark horse candidates, Carolina's running back Christian McCaffrey & Green Bay's Aaron Jones.  As chaotic as 2019 has been, it's a little too early to start making super bowl predictions. We've seen winning teams lose 2 teams that don't have a shot at the playoffs. It can be said, if not anything else, 2019 season has been one to remember  

Between the colorfully athletic moves, the larger than life persona & a pinch of soap opera-ish Storylines, professional wrestling has become a circus onto itself! Let's peep the last half century

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Wrestling over the last 50 years had slowly worked its way into mainstream entertainment. From regional indies UWF , Mid-Atlantic & ECW (90's) to major league organizations like WWF, NWA (WCW), AWA, & AWWA thru the 60's-90's, professional wrestling provided a high octane, jacked-up energy enjoyment that attracted fans like Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus .(which is likely why it went outta bizness ) Once professional wrestling found its market & was able to secure TV rights & mostly sold-out crowds, it became a disturbingly hot ticket that wasn't going to slowdown anytime soon. With its highly-trained athletes, who've become household names with their larger than life personas; death defying wrestling moves & storyline dramas, the combo of sports, circus & soap opera was too much 4 fans old & young to resist. Superstars Ric Flair & the 4 horsemen (Tully Blan

Black History Month's 400 year Timeline 1609-2k09...Take a peep!

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Lets time capsule 400 years in da' past & check out the T imeline of key events in African American History as regards to different fields & achievements (getting detailed into each events would be toooooo long & tedious which defeats the point of a quick glimpse Time capsule) 1619 August 20. Twenty Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship. They were the first blacks to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies. 1641 Massachusetts was the first colony to legalize slavery by statute. 1663 September 13. The first documented attempt at a rebellion by slaves took place in Gloucester County, Virginia. 1664 Maryland was the first state to try to discourage by law the marriage of white women to black men. 1688