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Photo via twitter By Zito Madu, sbnation.com Charles Barkley was right. Watching Isaiah Thomas cry during pre-game warmups one day after his youngest sister tragically died in a car accident was uncomfortable. It was uncomfortable […]

No athlete ever faced greater pressure and suffered more abuse than he did. Yet he didn’t just endure; he thrived as he changed baseball and American society forever. How did Jackie Robinson do it? A […]

  For the past four decades the Bob Hayes Invitational Track meet has been a focal point for young track and field participants throughout the United States. The meet’s namesake, native son Bob Hayes was […]

by Kanya Stewart Just minutes before Super Bowl LI kicked off in Houston, Texas, fans cheered during an emotional pregame, on-field tribute to 29 NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame players, including Florida A&M University […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry, who recently extended his contract with Under Armour through 2024, disagrees with CEO’s Donald Trump comment. (Noah Salzman/Wikimedia Commons) By Kiersten Willis, atlantablackstar.com Golden State Warriors player Stephen […]

Written by By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer New England Patriots’ Tom Brady hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in […]

What’s the primary difference between good and great? Making the great attainable, a feat that is not easy, but absolutely possible. Why is it possible? Because movers and shakers like Simone Biles let us know […]

By Cindy Boren, washingtonpost.com Adam Silver, the commissioner of a league whose membership is about 75 percent African American, thinks it would be a mistake if NBA championship teams chose to boycott visits to the […]

By John Mullin, csnchicago.com The thing that stood out about Rashaan Salaam to this reporter was the genuine humility that once prompted him to ask, “Why do you want to talk to me? I haven’t […]