Honored to be on this year’s #Root100 list with a whole squad of Black gamechangers, culture shifters, and freedom fighters. From the South Side of Chicago to Gotham Hall, I carry 2 million workers with me into every room. 💜✊🏿 @TheRoot
Joe Root ends 12-year wait with maiden Test century in Australia
BRISBANE, Dec 4 – Joe Root finally conquered Australian soil, scoring a masterful 100 on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba to register his first-ever Test century Down Under.
The 34-year-old, who had scored nine fifties in Australia without converting any, reached three figures off 181 balls in the pink-ball Test, lifting England from a precarious 5-2 to a competitive 264-9 by stumps. His 40th Test hundred also ended Matthew Hayden’s infamous pre-series pledge of walking naked through Melbourne if Root failed to score an Ashes ton in Australia.
Root’s ice-cool celebration – a brief bat raise – contrasted with the explosion of memes as fans reminded Hayden of his bold words. #JoeRoot#Ashes#Ashes2025#Root100#Gabba#ENGvAUS#Cricket#MatthewHayden
BOOM 💥 Joe Root brings up a MAGNIFICENT hundred at the Gabba in the 2nd Ashes Test! 👑🔥
All those “home-track bully” merchants can officially shut up forever — take a bow, Run Machine! 🫡
Matthew Hayden’s clothes stay ON, his dignity is saved, and the Hayden family can breathe again 😂🙏
Absolute king shit from Joey Root! 🏴🐐
#Ashes#Ashes2025#EngvsAus#Root100#HaydenSaved#Gabba”
She has them mad af. They always discredit her wins but don’t see how that discredits other women like Ciara, normani, kehlani and many others that are awarded by the same organization. Femmeitforward, F&F, the root100, Ebony are now fake organizations cause Ola won awards🤭
The #Root100 2025 list is here.
We’re proud to celebrate NABJ President Errin Haines, NABJ VP-Digital Roland S. Martin, and our incredible members Angela Rye, Joy-Ann Reid, Karen Attiah and Abby Phillip among this year’s honorees!
View the full list at theroot100.com