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GAME. BLOUSES.
With a dominant, absurdly easy win in Thursday night’s men’s 200-meter final, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has eight Olympic gold medals, including three straight in the 100 and 200.
“What else can I do to the world to prove I am the greatest? I’m trying to be one of the greatest. Be among [Muhammad] Ali and Pelé,” Bolt said after the race. “I hope after these games, I will be in that bracket.”
Usain Bolt busts out the running man.https://t.co/g9CAw79CDF
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) August 19, 2016
A bird's-eye view of the Fastest Man on Earth, @UsainBolt.
Watch more Olympic coverage: https://t.co/3nZ10QtWAW https://t.co/L2cj5uZnlK
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 19, 2016
Usain Bolt did the LeBron James' celebration "The Silencer" after his 200m win https://t.co/3XqecHQamV https://t.co/AA9WzNFomM
— Sportando (@Sportando) August 19, 2016
Usain Bolt's mom is used to this dominance. https://t.co/3EmyxN7i5V
— Marcus Matthews (@GOOCHAVELI) August 19, 2016
Sorry @TheEllenShow, but @UsainBolt's selfies are now the G.O.A.T. ⏩ by @lee_moran https://t.co/BeoOXwNkOJ pic.twitter.com/IJVxk4vHPk
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 19, 2016
BLESSINGS!
Singer Frank Ocean released a live-stream link on his Boys Don’t Cry website … and there was actual music. This is not a drill. Frank Ocean seriously unveiled some new music Thursday night for his visual album Endless, which is a separate project from Boys Don’t Cry. It is now on Apple Music.
When I clicked the link and actually heard new Frank Ocean music playing in the background pic.twitter.com/JIKaJXE52x
— PantheR (@____PantheR) August 19, 2016
The album is finally playing https://t.co/JYD6jt1SkJ pic.twitter.com/5fOiK4jOP6
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) August 19, 2016
Apple says a Frank Ocean “visual album” called “Endless” will be out at midnight, “keep an eye out this weekend for more from Frank”
— Joe Coscarelli (@joecoscarelli) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/nostalgicultra/status/766494569223458816
Tory Lanez when he sees Frank Ocean dropped his album the same day… pic.twitter.com/szUaD0jV1L
— Tangled Headphones (@tngldhdphns) August 19, 2016
SOCIAL STATUS
Video of Dez Bryant telling all the Cowboys DBs they can't guard him. Each one. pic.twitter.com/2C9kshVmOa
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) August 18, 2016
I love this! #RisakoKuwai of Japan celebrates winning gold in wrestling by slamming her coach via fire woman's carry pic.twitter.com/QK0Kan8Jpj
— Wab Kinew (@WabKinew) August 19, 2016
FOR THE CULTURE
This video of Usain Bolt posted on the official Jamaican Olympics Twitter account is everything.
A new book explores sub-Saharan Africa’s fashion scene.
Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin’s bronze medal in taekwondo is the first ever Olympic medal won by an Iranian woman.
His and Hers co-host Jemele Hill will host The Undefeated’s town hall on athletes, responsibility and gun violence, which will air on ESPN next Thursday.
Puerto Rican baseball great Roberto Clemente (1934-1972) would have been 82 years old on Thursday.
TOP THREE TWEETS
Every morning we’ll hit you here with the best of what we saw on social media the previous night. Why? Why not?
1. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, LARRY
Jon Stewart to @larrywilmore on last @nightlyshow "Do not confuse cancellation with failure"- Larry visibly moved. pic.twitter.com/mytNyjqpuk
— Vladimir Duthiers (@vladduthiersCBS) August 19, 2016
2. LISTENING PARTY ON DECK
“Is that new Frank Ocean I hear?" pic.twitter.com/l0bDWUXsAZ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 19, 2016
3. I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE
Exclusive footage of Ryan Lochte leaving Brazil pic.twitter.com/4TayqAInwx
— Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) August 18, 2016
#ICYMI
Our brother Martenzie Johnson examined the WWE’s complicated history with race and the bold, black and proud new group taking over the sport:
Considering the history of race in professional wrestling is like pork hot dogs. You know what it consists of, but you avoid thinking about it too much in order to enjoy the final product. White professional wrestling was introduced to the United States in the late 1800s. Blacks began to integrate the sport about a century later. There were separate world heavyweight championships for Negroes. Houston Harris, known as Bobo Brazil, was, according to author David Shoemaker, the first “unofficial” African-American world champion in America (his title was never formally recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance). This led to black stars such as Edward “Bearcat” Wright (who was briefly suspended from wrestling in Indiana for challenging segregated matches), Reggie “Sweet Daddy” Siki, “Sailor” Art Thomas, Ernie Ladd, and Rocky Johnson, the father of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In those days, blacks were only allowed to fight one another, as mixed-raced bouts could lead to near riots from the predominantly white crowds. But once white promoters recognized the economics of catering to a growing ethnic minority audience, things changed. But black bad guys could also lead to fan revolt, so promoters created storylines centered on overt racism from the white performers that was meant to drum up sympathy for their black counterparts. WWE rehashed this technique in 2003, with white superstar champion Triple H telling black underdog Booker T thatchampions don’t look like him.
PICTURE PERFECT
Another One #Gold #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/pKi59tGlsm
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 19, 2016
#TeamUSA finishes in 41.77 to beat the Chinese time and qualify for the 4x100m Relay final! #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/VPmCJ6foNj
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 18, 2016