Sammy Sosa News

Black-Latino artist tackles Dominican racial issues in exhibit

By News One

9:32 AM on 07/26/2011

NEWS ONE - A new exhibit by Dominican artist Manuel Tony Peralta aims to explore the issues of skin color, hair texture, self-esteem and what it means to be Latino and black...
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Is Beyoncé skin tone deaf?

By Chris Witherspoon

10:19 AM on 02/23/2011

theGRIO REPORT - This is not the first time Beyoncé has been at the center of a controversy regarding her skin ...
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Sammy Sosa says Cubs don't care about him

By theGrio

7:59 AM on 08/24/2010

CHICAGO (AP) - Sosa hit 545 homers over 13 seasons with the Cubs while becoming one of baseball's biggest stars...
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Sosa dodges perjury investigation by Congress ‎

By theGrio

4:23 PM on 05/27/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Last June, the chairman of the committee said he would look into the matter after Sosa's name was reported to be on a list of baseball players who allegedly failed drug tests in 2003...
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Sosa shows true colors but his flaws aren't skin deep

By Glenn Minnis

11:41 AM on 05/12/2010

OPINION - Has Sosa come to a belated understanding that no matter what he looks like society will never view him as anything more than just another man of color?...
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Sammy Sosa reportedly back to black

By Daniel Woolsey

8:32 AM on 05/12/2010

The New York Post is reporting that Sosa was seen at a Miami Beach nightclub last weekend enjoying himself until the early morning and in his natural darker skin color...
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Why lighter skin is an international obsession

By Karl Bostic

5:53 AM on 11/23/2009

VIDEO - As shocking as the pictures of a new, lighter Sammy Sosa may be, the popularity and use of skin lightening creams in Europe is no surprise...
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Skin lightening a global trend and billion-dollar business

By theGrio

9:59 AM on 11/18/2009

Sparked by the appearance of baseball star, Sammy Sosa, last week with markedly lighter skin, the media has been buzzing about how and why some people lighten their skin.
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Sammy Sosa says skin cream the reason for lighter complexion

By theGrio

8:49 AM on 11/11/2009

Sammy Sosa says a cosmetic cream he uses to soften his skin is the reason for his lighter skin tone. The former Chicago Cubs slugger was photographed...
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Sammy Sosa's new skin reflects an ugly mentality

By David A. Love

9:15 AM on 11/09/2009

OPINION - Many have been shocked to see recent photos of retired major league baseball player Sammy Sosa wearing green contact lenses, and having a skin tone...
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