Sports
NFL Will Play Black National Anthem at Games
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the playing of the national anthem to bring awareness to social and other injustices faced regularly by Black and Brown individuals in America, the National Football League, President Donald Trump, and others wrongly associated the quarterback’s actions as a…
Read MoreRachel Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton & Carter Launch the Month-Long “Tip Your Cap” Campaign to Honor the 100th Anniversary of Baseball’s Negro Leagues
Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, in collaboration with civil rights hero Rachel Robinson and baseball legend Hank Aaron, are joined by scores of baseball players and other professional athletes, sports executives, entertainers, journalists and others for an unprecedented tribute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues. The Tip Your Cap campaign, which is being directed…
Read MoreHBCU Heroes Hosts First-Ever Virtual Esports Tournament For Historically Black Colleges And Universities In Conjunction With John Lewis: Good Trouble Film Call-To-Action To Increase Student Voter Participation
The Good Trouble Takeover is a 4-hour, online NBA 2K20 tournament between six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and premiere-a-thon to support the release of JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a documentary about the Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights Icon. Celebrities, entertainers, professional athletes, HBCU leadership, political influencers, activists and the filmmakers are joining forces…
Read MoreTerrell Owens: “I Experienced Racist Treatment From San Francisco 49ers Coaches”
Terrell Owens June 26 said he experienced racist treatment from coaches while playing for the San Francisco 49ers. The NFL Hall of Famer made the remarks at the 30,000-attendee online conference Collision from Home, produced by the team behind Web Summit – the world’s largest tech conference. NFL Hall of Famer Owens, who played for the 49ers…
Read MoreSugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Quintuple Champ, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, has won five world titles in five separate weight divisions, lineal titles (defeating undisputed champions) in three weight divisions, as well as the undisputed welterweight title. Leonard is widely considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. In this…
Read MoreFuture SCSU Hall of Famer Memorialized
Former South Carolina State basketball standout Tyrone Williams, Sr., a member of the Bulldog scheduled 2020 Hall of Fame Class, was memorialized during a livestreamed Celebration of Life Service Monday, June 22 at Ridout’s Gardendale Funeral Chapel, Gardendale, Alabama. Williams, 71, died June 18 at Birmingham, AL following a brief illness. Williams, a Birmingham native,…
Read MoreVenus Williams At 40: The Woman, The Champion And The Disease That Almost Took Her Joy
Famed tennis star Venus Williams has reached the very top in every area of tennis but even though she is now ranked outside the Top 50, she wants to keep on competing. And why not? She became the first American black woman to be ranked #1 in the world. She is credited as changing the…
Read MoreHoward University Men’s Basketball Set to Host Notre Dame on MLK Day 2021
June 19, Howard University Athletics announced the men’s basketball team is set to host the University of Notre Dame on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day), scheduled for Monday, January 18, 2021 inside Burr Gymnasium. Tipoff and game broadcast details will be announced at a later date. The matchup features Notre Dame visiting an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) for the…
Read MoreNASCAR Joins Growing List of Those Taking Stand Against Racial Injustice
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Since protestors and demonstrators have taken to the streets around the globe in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many businesses and organizations have issued statements and taken measures to communicate their stand against racial injustice. On Wednesday, June 10, NASCAR…
Read MorePalmetto State Games set to return in July
After a nearly 35-year hiatus, the Palmetto State Games Track and Field Championship returns to showcase South Carolina’s top athletes. The all-comers meet takes place at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC, on June 19-20 and the Palmetto State Games Championship on July 17-18. “We wanted to provide competition opportunities for athletes who did not…
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