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Tiffany Minott was laid off from her project manager role in January 2023  She claims colleagues made ‘thinly veiled’ racist insults against her   A former manager at Google has filed a lawsuit against the company which claims she was passed over for promotion because she is black and repeatedly faced ‘thinly veiled racist comments’ including a taunt about George Floyd‘s death. Tiffany Minott, 40, sued the company in New York alleging multiple civil rights violations and claiming that… Source link

Floyd Mayweather is ready to get back in the ring. Mayweather will take part in an eight-round exhibition match against “Dangerous” Don Moore next month in Dubai, according to TMZ Sports. The actual fight itself is going to be held on a helicopter landing pad at the Burj Al Arab hotel. Mayweeather hasn’t stepped into a ring since he took on YouTuber Logan Paul in an exhibition last June. That fight went the distance, and no winner was called. Mayweather’s last official bout came in 2017… Source link

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, more than one year after Floyd’s death sparked an international movement against police brutality. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Chauvin’s murder trial, handed down a sentence of 270 months for charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death. Chauvin… Source link

Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul went eight rounds with each other in an exhibition boxing match Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. No winner was announced. A lot of people who bought the pay-per-view were bitterly angry because there were technical issues that prevented them from seeing it. Mayweather went long stretches of the fight without throwing a punch. Paul landed but a handful of clean punches on Mayweather, who was one of the great defensive fighters in his day when he racked up a… Source link

Say what you will about him, Logan Paul is not a stupid young man. He’s already a multi-millionaire because of his social media savvy, and on Sunday, he’s going to add millions more to his bank account by doing something he’s not very good at. You have to be brilliant to pull that off, and Paul has done it. He’s going to receive a paycheck larger than many boxing legends ever received when he fights Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in the main… Source link

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s exhibition bout against Logan Paul has a new date. The boxing legend and YouTuber will face off on June 5, with the venue still to be determined, according to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The bout had been previously scheduled for Feb. 20, but was later postponed indefinitely. Online platform Fanmio was initially slated to host the bout, but it will now reportedly be televised via Showtime pay-per-view. The CEO of Mayweather Promotions disputed a report that the fight… Source link

Google’s YouTube, which has pledged to do more to remove fake content, has not taken down a video that falsely calls George Floyd a rapist. The video was posted Monday, as the defense and prosecution made closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, for nearly 10 minutes. By Tuesday at 6 p.m., the video by conservative YouTube host Stew Peters, who has… Source link

Oscar De La Hoya’s opponent is TBD. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Oscar De La Hoya is becoming the latest legendary boxer to come out of retirement, and he has high hopes for a potential opponent. The 48-year-old boxer announced Friday that he is officially returning to the ring on July 3, during a Triller Fight Club event alongside Snoop Dogg. He did so with a literal mic drop. De La Hoya’s opponent is currently TBD, but Triller founder Ryan Kavanaugh told Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole that… Source link

InvestorPlace Listen to Jeff Bezos: Buy These 7 ‘Hyperinnovative’ Stocks “Invention is the root of our success.” So said Jeff Bezos, who – among other things – founded Amazon.com 27 years ago, grew it into a trillion-dollar company and, along the way, became the world’s second-richest person. Source: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon and transitioning to the Executive Chairman role. He announced his departure in a letter to Amazon employees on… Source link