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Photo compliments of Getty Images By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) ELMONT, New York -In spite of being the 4-5 favorite,  California Chrome and Jockey Victor Espinoza placed fifth and lost the triple crown following a loss to Tonalist and Jockey Joel Rosario  at the Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday, June 7, even after winning the  Kentucky   Derby on May 7 and the  Preakness on May 17. Commissioner  came in second, almost winning  until  the last few strides of the race,  Medal Count finished third, and Wicked Strong placed fourth. A $2 bet on Tonalist brought $20.40. He  covered

Local photos by  John-Bey   Greater Cleveland ladies pose in their hats in Cleveland Heights, Ohio at the Pyles family annual celebration of the run  of the Kentucky Derby Bottom row from left: Event Host Lillian  Pyles, Janalee Brown, Lovelle Hearst, and  Hortense Johnson Second row from bottom from left:  Rosalind Smith, Nidia Perez, Bobette Ousley, and Annette May  Third row from bottom from left:  Joyce Jackson, Event Host Marjorie Pyles-Hearst , Linda LeSane-Perkins, Elaine Whitlow, and  French Taylor Top row from left: Alexandra War r  Dianna Roberts, Beverly Charles, and Sharon Gorman Bremer Sharon Gorman Bremer won the award for best hat at the Pyles  f amily  Kentucky  Derby  c elebration in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Anthony Whitaker  took home the prize for best dressed male Lillian Pyles, Marjorie Pyles-Hearst and Beverly Charles, congressional staffer for 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia

Infamous LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling Rochelle Sterling and her estranged husband, embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, in happier times. Donald Sterling was fined $2.5 million by NBA officials in late April and banned from the NBA for racist comments against Blacks. On Wednesday he joined Rochelle Sterling, part owner of the team also, in her push to sell the NBA basketball franchise. He also backed off of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed behind the controversy. The deal is pending approval by the NBA Board of Governors and would be a record high behind the $550 million price tag for the Milwaukee Bucks Steve Ballmer By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspap

11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (far left), who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress,  U. S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-12), and 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in Congress. Pelosi will visit Cleveland on Tuesday, June 3 as part of a  bus tour  that began in upstate New York and is   billed as a women's agenda tour that reaches across gender lines and highlights economic strategies for empowering women and strengthening American families. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) U.S.  House Minor

Cleveland police cars chase two unarmed Blacks from downtown Cleveland to neighboring East Cleveland the night of Nov . 29 , 2012. The 23 minute car chase ended in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland and culminated in 13 non- Black Cleveland police officers firing a total of 137 bullets at Malissa Williams 30, and Timothy Ray Russell, 43, the driver of the 1979 Chevy Malibu. Both Russell and Williams were Black, and both died at the scene. On Friday, a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted one of the 13 cops, Micahel Brelo, who jumped aboard the hood of Russell's car and fired 49 shots through the front windshield while the other 12 went free, though five police supervisors were charged with misdemeanor dereliction of duty. Brelo has been charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter. Shooting Victim Malissa Williams Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cuya