JAMES BROWN

Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, has died at age 80.

The Rev. Al Sharpton has been called a lot of names in his public life.

People are waiting in lines for water in Jackson, Mississippi, after the partial failure of the the city water system.

Mick Jagger and Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson are teaming up to help produce a four-part documentary series on soul legend James Brown.

The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate.

A temporary morgue that was set up in New York City at the height of its coronavirus crisis in April 2020 is still in use today.

Howard University announced that it will name its newly re-established College of Fine Arts after famed alum Chadwick Boseman.

(AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)CBS' James Brown knows what it is like to host Super Bowl pregame shows when the day transcended beyond the teams competing for a championship. Brown hosted Fox's pregame for the 2002 Super Bowl, which occurred nearly five months after 9/11. With the coronavirus pandemic still at the forefront, Brown realizes Sunday's “Super Bowl Today” show could offer the same opportunities, but in a different manner. This is a different kind of backdrop where many people have just been fatigued, given all of the challenges that we’ve had to endure during this time.”AdThis will be a record 10th Super Bowl pregame hosted by Brown and his sixth for CBS. He became the pregame host for Fox in 1994 when they outbid CBS for the rights to the NFC package.

(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)Jim Nantz and Tony Romo were inseparable when CBS broadcast the Super Bowl two years ago. Keeping announcers separated until game day has been CBS' protocol this season. “Super Bowl Today” pregame host James Brown and CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus won’t get there until Thursday, while sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson arrives Friday. CBS isn't the only network that has modified its Super Bowl week plans. ESPN and NFL Network usually begin coverage from where the big game is held the Sunday before and when the teams usually arrive.

The world also said goodbye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who died in July. Other former political figures who died this year include Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Arizona Gov. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___David Stern, 77. The guitarist who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fueled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four. He fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. A man confessed to trying to rape a woman who was jogging Sunday at Larry and Penny Thompson Park in Southwest Miami-Dade County, police say. James Brown, 53, followed the 33-year-old victim on his bike and then threw her into some bushes where he tried to take off her clothes, according to an arrest report. Two people heard the womans screams for help and rushed over. Detectives say Brown, who is homeless, confessed to the crime. He appeared in court Monday on attempted sexual battery charges.

Mason Wilkes, 4, of South Carolina, poses for his father in a Black Panther costume, in front of a painting during a Chadwick Boseman Tribute on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Anderson, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

FILE - This July 21, 2014 file photo shows actor Chadwick Boseman posing for a portrait in New York. Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)ANDERSON, S.C. Actor Chadwick Boseman will be mourned, honored and celebrated Thursday in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where he gave residents a deep sense of pride, event organizers said. Boseman, known for his role in Black Panther and many other films, died last Friday of colon cancer.

Former athletes have a pipeline to advance into sports media as commentators, and many popular shows feature a Black man or woman as a host. Instead, it turned into a forum for players to express their feelings about racial and social issues after practice was canceled. Brown added that athletes who speak out need to be articulate, informed and mindful that their words have staying power. For Rose, the era of athletes sticking to sports is over in part because President Donald Trump hasnt been shy about criticizing NBA and NFL players who disagree with him. If hes acknowledging NFL players who are kneeling and he says, They deserve to be fired, that now becomes a sports topic.

Brown's union with Hynie has long been the center of the evolving legal troubles following his death at the age of 73 on Christmas Day 2006. But years of drug problems and financial mismanagement caused his estate to dwindle. Henry McMaster who, as South Carolinas attorney general, stepped in to facilitate a 2009 settlement after Browns estate had been floundering in court for years. The justices ruled again in the case two years later, ordering all estate proceedings halted pending further evaluation by a lower court. The ongoing litigation since Browns passing has thwarted his expressed wish that his estate be used for educational purposes ... a point we find both extraordinary and lamentable, the court wrote.