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By Mark Whitaker / May 31 at 8:52 AM In the frigid December of 1896, more than 12,000 people jammed into the old Madison Square Garden on the East Side of Manhattan for the most hyped sports […]

April 24, 2019 NNPAFreddie LA Focus, Sports The Seattle Seahawks and their quarterback Russell Wilson have reached an agreement on a four-year, $140 million contract extension that makes him the highest paid player in the […]

Coach Robert Hughes/Courtesy 5700 Ramsey Ave./Screenshot By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A place called Stop 6, an urban neighborhood of Ft. Worth, TX, was not known for much more than economic hardships, […]

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Russell Wilson is sticking around with the Seattle Seahawks as the highest paid player in the NFL. Wilson posted a video on social media early Tuesday saying, “Seattle, we got a […]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters on Sunday and a few hours earlier because of the difference in time zones, Lewis Hamilton, the world’s top Formula 1 Driver, won the […]

By Kennedi Holder Tuesday, April 2nd, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp players and coaches spoke to members of the media during Media Day at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. It was the first opportunity for the […]

The 22-year-old Detroit native said she lives by the saying “be so good they can’t ignore you.” By Alanna Vagianos, Huffington Post Toni Harris is tackling barriers left and right. The football player just became […]

Jumbo Shrimp general manager recognized during “Honoring African-Americans in Motion” program Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp general manager Harold Craw was selected by JEA to be the company’s keynote speaker at their 30th annual Black History Month “Honoring African-Americans […]

Now, the real question becomes, will the NFL allow Kaepernick to come back and play the game he loves without further collusion? By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor One of the best skits that […]

A walk through the crowd of more than 1000,000 fans at the Daytona speedway  may yield few black fans. Maybe there are more but they are most certainly hard to find. NASCAR, in its search […]