"To make this very clear, for the final tiiiiiime," Kent began her message posted on a black background. "Sosa is not named after anyone. Her name is Sosa because I loved it.

I'm black and I'm proud!" Although we might never know Sosa's true motivations for changing his appearance, the consensus is that he lightened his skin in an effort to look whiter. [+] Enlarge ...

Sammy Sosa and his changing skin are making headlines again. According to partygoers in Miami, the Baseball Hall of Famer was spotted at club Liv at the Fontainebleau Hotel looking visibly darker ...

After joking with Ochocinco about how he’s been Black his whole life, Sharpe seemed to offer Sosa an olive branch back into the Black community. “Glad to have you back, Sammy,” he said.

After joking with Ochocinco about how he’s been Black his whole life, Sharpe seemed to offer Sosa an olive branch back into the Black community. “Glad to have you back, Sammy,” he said.

We’re going to talk about Sammy Sosa. But first, a little background. A few years ago, I was on a panel discussion for TheGrio on being Afro-Latino and the challenges we face growing up in a ...

The Dominican, once a star baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, appears to be drastically lighter than during his playing days in Wrigley Field. Sosa, whose apparently lighter skin tone was first ...

Sammy Sosa showed up at the Heat vs. Bulls game Sunday night, and my Twitter timeline went wild! Again. This has happened every time Sosa has made an appearance in the last year. His current conk ...

Because I know you were all wondering about this: Sammy Sosa stunned fans last year when he turned up at the Latin Grammys with noticeably whiter skin. The home run legend claimed he’d mistakenly used ...