{"id":478071,"date":"2019-11-13T10:26:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T15:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=478071"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:02:28","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/entertainment\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"topics-header\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><div class=\"topics-header-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"pubstack-section-heading\">Sports<\/h2><\/div><!-- .topics-header-wrapper --><\/div><!-- .pubstack-container --><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essence-container alignfull essence-container essence-has-background-opacity-5 essence-has-background essence-height-normal essence-align-horizontal-full latest-videos\" style=\"--essence-text-color:#FFF;background-color:#161616\"><div class=\"essence-container__wrapper\"><div class=\"essence-container__content-wrapper\"><section 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id=\"1586947\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/entertainment\/zuri-hall-not-about-sports\/\">Zuri Hall On Owning Her Voice And Expanding The Conversation With \u2018Not About Sports\u2019<\/a><\/h3><aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/okla-jones\/\" rel=\"tag\">Okla Jones<\/a><\/span><span class=\"essence-topic__sep entry-meta__sep\">&middot;<\/span><time datetime=\"2026-04-08T14:04:32-04:00\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\">Apr 8, 2026<\/time><\/aside><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"essence-topic swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-video\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2178444268-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2178444268-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1440px)\"><source 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