Sports

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “When you look at mobility of Black men and Black women in professional sports, it’s poor,” said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive […]

Rafer Johnson, a U.S. decathlon gold medalist at the Olympic Games Rome 1960 and actor, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. Following his success in the 1953 and 1954 decathlon meet, he received […]

By Itoro N. Umontuen | The Atlanta Voice – Hawks secure $35 million in refinancing for training facility, Emory Sports Medicine Complex – The Atlanta Hawks announced that it has agreed to refinance the construction loan for […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 1968, Johnson, NFL star Rosey Grier and journalist George Plimpton, apprehended Sirhan Sirhan immediately after Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed. […]

By Andrew Lawrence – Andrew Lawrence The former NFL player believes uncomfortable conversations are a way of bridging the racial divide. So he wrote a book about them. What’s in a name? Power, says Emmanuel […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press — Huge holes in state budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic and the demonstrated eagerness of fans to bet on sports are likely to spur a […]

By Brian Campbell  – Nov 29, 2020 – Both men will take home a sizable check for their efforts in Los Angeles on Saturday. Former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. will each take home a […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – For the first time in NFL history, an all-Black crew will officiate an NFL game. The historic occasion will happen when the […]