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The Washington Soccer Workforce on Monday employed Jason Wright as staff president, making him the primary Black particular person to carry that place in NFL historical past. At 38, he turns into the NFL’s youngest staff president and can run […]

By Terry Shropshire | August 12, 2020 |ounty officials in suburban Los Angeles are officially declaring the date 8/24/2020 as “Kobe Bryant Day,” in honor of the slain Lakers legend and all-time great NBA superstar. […]

By Morgan Campbell – To a degree not seen before, players are kneeling for the United States national anthem and speaking out publicly on fighting racism, with backing from the National Hockey League. Minnesota Wild forward […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Stacy M. Brown – Reportedly, training camps are equipped with proximity tracking devices that will alert players or staff when they are too close to one other. The device also collects data, […]

WXYZ) — Both Michigan President Mark Schlissel and Michigan State President Samuel Stanley voted to cancel the 2020 Big Ten college football season, according to a report from Dan Patrick. According to Patrick, both the […]

By Peggy Shinn  – At the Olympic Games Rio 2016, Simone Manuel won an Olympic gold medal in the 100-yard freestyle and became the first Black female swimmer on Team USA to win an Olympic gold […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The league said the charity would be public and the foundation would work to deepen “the NBA family’s commitment to racial equality and social justice.”  The NBA’s Board of Governors […]

By JOEL ANDERSON – Jerry Falwell Jr.’s dream of athletic domination is in peril. Inn mid-June, as the pandemic surged across the country, hundreds of students were living on Liberty University’s campus. Tayvion “Tank” Land was one […]

Consider the experience of former All-Star Preston Wilson, who recalls learning country song lyrics and practicing one-liners from ‘Caddyshack,’ enduring racist slurs and watching a teammate fiddle with a noose. Still wondering why the sport […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA is the global media partner for the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), an advocacy and marketing partner of the United Nations, and we had an opportunity to interview an […]