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Chicago Cubs Hire its First African American PA Announcer

July 6, 2021 admin 0

CHICAGO DEFENDER – By Tammy Gibson, Contributing Writer – (Orignal Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – While attending high school at the Chicago International Charter School-Northtown Academy, Jeremiah Paprocki started reading announcements that led to working his way […]

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MLB Initiates ‘101 Days of Negro Leagues Facts’ In Honor of Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

June 29, 2021 admin 0

(Original News Source: www.blackenterprise.com) – A week after the country celebrated the holiday of Juneteenth, Major League Baseball is doing its part in acknowledging a little Black history. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players […]

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NCAA Athletes Win Big With US Supreme Court Decision

June 28, 2021 admin 0

By Miami Times Staff Report – (News Source: www.miamitimesonline.com) – In a rare show of unity, the US Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that the NCAA can’t enforce rules limiting education-related benefits colleges may offer student-athletes, such […]

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Sha’Carri Richardson Secures Her Spot-On U.S. Olympics Team after Winning 100M Track in a Dazzling 10.64 seconds

June 24, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Omondi – (Source www.yourblackworld.net) – Sha’Carri Richardson, a Louisiana University student from Dallas, has taken the sports world by storm. On June 19, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics when she dominated in […]

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Disneyland News: Russell Wilson Announced As One of ‘Earth’s Mightiest Athletes’; Celebrates with Kids From his Foundation at Disneyland Resort

June 23, 2021 admin 0

TJM Communications  – Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was announced as one of ‘Earth’s Mightiest Athletes,’ a new collective of sports superstars that embody the positive characteristics of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes—The Avengers, with their achievements […]

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White-Dominated Swimming Struggles to Diversify

June 22, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.defendernetwork.com) – BY ASSOCIATED PRESS – Cullen Jones still remembers the first time he really felt hate at a swimming pool. He was a teenager growing up in New York City, competing for the first […]

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Biles Wins Seventh National All-Around Championship, Most in U.S. Women’s Gymnastics History

June 9, 2021 admin 0

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 6, 2021 – (Source: www.usagym.org) – Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre claimed another spot in the record books Sunday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, notching a seventh […]

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NFL Agrees To Drop Race Bias in Concussion Claims

June 7, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.bbc.com) – The NFL has said it will stop settling concussion lawsuits using a race-based formula that assumes black players have a lower level of cognitive function. America’s top-flight football league also pledged to […]

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Governor Signs Bill on Transgender Athletes

June 3, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.daytonatimes.com) – TALLAHASSEE – Speaking at a private school in Jacksonville on the first day of Pride Month, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging education bill that includes a ban on transgender […]

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Florida A&M’s Mulbe Dillard IV Tops Final APGA Collegiate Ranking Top-Five Players Earn APGA Tour Playing Privileges and Benefits in 2021

June 1, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE – Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – “I appreciate everything the APGA, PGA TOUR University and Korn Ferry Tour have done for this opportunity to play in the REX Hospital Open, to be exposed to a […]

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