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Get Ready For FAMU Marching 100 & Jackson State Sonic Boom Match Up During The Orange Blossom Classic 

June 28, 2022 admin 0

By: Carlton Wade – FAMU Marching 100 & Jackson State’s Sonic Boom is the other highly anticipated match up during Denny’s Orange Blossom Classic Black Music Month is not just in June. The worldwide impact […]

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Jumbo Shrimp Bring Baseball Back to Historic Eastside

June 28, 2022 admin 0

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and the Henry Brown Athletic Association joined forces to present a free instructional clinic designed to encourage the growth of the game of baseball and inspire recreational play amongst underserved communities […]

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Jax Natives Nesmith Brothers, Former Pro Athletes Pay It Forward

June 16, 2022 admin 0

By Sam Doles – This past weekend Raines High School graduates, former professional football athletes and brothers Jerrand and Carl Nesmith hosted a citywide youth football camp at Julington Creek’s Plantation Park at their B2B Wide Receiver […]

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Jaxons Experience Sportsmanship and History at the Black Rodeo

June 16, 2022 admin 0

Black Rodeo USA and the Jacksonville Free Press invited everyone who was ready to enjoy “The Hottest Show on Dirt,” as the first Black rodeo premiered in the River City. two sold out shows brought […]

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Here’s a Magical Fun Fact for Global Running Day, June 1, 2022:

June 2, 2022 admin 0

Did you know Disney offers a year-round series of races for runners of all levels?  runDisney, one of the largest race organizers in the United States, in terms of number of runners, offers races for all […]

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Moses Fleetwood Walker; Baseball’s True First

May 30, 2022 admin 0

By Tamara Shiloh – Some 63 years before Jackie Robinson is credited as the first African American in Major League Baseball (April 15, 1947), Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924) became the true first to break the sport’s […]

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Swinging Sisters Are Leveling the Playing Field

May 24, 2022 admin 0

By Merlisa Lawrence Corbett  – Source: www.sistersletter.com – As America’s oldest Black women’s golf club celebrates an 85-year legacy on the links, thousands of us tee off across the nation. Plus: Black golfers’ getaways. Black Americans […]

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WNBA’s Brittney Griner Could Be Released Soon From a Russian Jail

May 23, 2022 admin 0

(Source: www.rollingout.com) – By Terry Shropshire | May 22, 2022 – WNBA superstar Brittney Griner could be freed soon from indefinite confinement in Russian jail as the Biden Administration intensifies negotiation efforts. Biden is reportedly working on […]

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Bob Lanier, NBA’s Left-Handed Legend Of The 70s, Dies At 73

May 13, 2022 Staff 0

Longtime basketball fans suffered a sad loss yesterday following news confirming the death of NBA Hall Of Famer Bob Lanier at the age of 73. pic.twitter.com/fz8D3aPXxt — NBA (@NBA) May 11, 2022 The NBA released an […]

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Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for Another Month

May 13, 2022 Staff 0

MOSCOW – The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. Griner’s lawyer Alexander Boikov told The Associated Press he believed the relatively short […]

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