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HOUSTON – Former NBA star and Houston native Stephen Jackson says he’s heartbroken over the death of his dear friend George Floyd. “It shut me down man, I screamed I scared my daughter and I […]

By Daryl Nelson – When Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield posted training videos and said they’re returning to boxing for charity earlier this month, talk of a third fight between them came instantly. That excitement only seemed to swell when […]

Naomi Osaka is now the highest-paid female athlete in history, reports Forbes. Osaka, 22, earned $37.4 million in the past 12 months from prize money and endorsements, which is $1.4 million more than Serena Williams made. With that […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In an expansion of its Rooney Rule, which had previously called on teams to interview minority candidates, the league said teams must also interview at least one minority candidate for coordinator openings […]

USA TODAYChris Bumbaca – An unidentified NFL player filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, saying another passenger sexually assaulted and harassed him during a February flight.  According to the complaint obtained by USA TODAY Sports, […]

USA TODAY – Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz – The NFL is hitting pause on an initiative that would have incentivized hiring coaches or general managers, as owners tabled the proposal at Tuesday’s league meeting, NFL Network’s Jim […]

Woody Strode was among the first four African-Americans to play in the NFL, but that isn’t necessarily his top claim to fame. The muscular native Californian became more of a national star on the silver […]

By Kirby Wilson –  If professional sports teams want to get back to playing in Florida, that’s just fine with Gov. Ron DeSantis.  The Republican governor said so at a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee, noting […]

By  Bill Fletcher Jr. – Flood fought a multi-year court battle, ultimately ending in the Supreme Court, trying to end the reserve clause and institute free agency (the ability of a player, after a specific […]

By Alvin Reid – The number of NFL black starting quarterbacks is down one as the upcoming season hopefully nears. What’s crazy is that Cam Newton, former Carolina quarterback and NFL MVP, is unemployed as […]