Sports

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia – The legendary EBONY magazine is being revived. Former NBA star Junior Bridgeman reportedly has anted-up $14 million for the famed Black media publication. The […]

By JuliaKate E. Culpepper | December 28, 2020  – Golf is a game built on tradition. It is a sport defined by respect and rules of etiquette that span attire, behavior and care for the course. During […]

The Jacksonville Forestview Outlaws Mitey Mite Team (Ages 7-9) made it to the first ever Pop Warner National Finals nationals for thier age group. They defeated the Sarasota Sundevils 19-0 for the National Championship which […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White declined to do any postgame media interviews. He wanted to get to the hospital to be near Keyontae Johnson’s side as quickly as possible. No one could […]

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 […]