Sports

BY MATT BAKER TAMPA BAY TIMES/TNS – Florida quarterback Kyle Trask’s bid at Gators history fell short Tuesday night when Alabama receiver DeVonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy as college football’s most outstanding player. Trask was […]

THE BURTON WIRE — By  Nsenga K. Burton Ph.D. The internet is celebrating news that late basketball legend Len Bias will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bias leads a group of six players and […]

By JuliaKate E. Culpepper | December 28, 2020  – Golf is a game built on tradition. It is a sport defined by respect and rules of etiquette that span attire, behavior and care for the course. During […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia – The legendary EBONY magazine is being revived. Former NBA star Junior Bridgeman reportedly has anted-up $14 million for the famed Black media publication. The […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Bianca Smith, 29, becomes the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball. She will work with the team’s infielders at the […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “When you look at mobility of Black men and Black women in professional sports, it’s poor,” said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White declined to do any postgame media interviews. He wanted to get to the hospital to be near Keyontae Johnson’s side as quickly as possible. No one could […]

The Jacksonville Forestview Outlaws Mitey Mite Team (Ages 7-9) made it to the first ever Pop Warner National Finals nationals for thier age group. They defeated the Sarasota Sundevils 19-0 for the National Championship which […]

Rafer Johnson, a U.S. decathlon gold medalist at the Olympic Games Rome 1960 and actor, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. Following his success in the 1953 and 1954 decathlon meet, he received […]

By Itoro N. Umontuen | The Atlanta Voice – Hawks secure $35 million in refinancing for training facility, Emory Sports Medicine Complex – The Atlanta Hawks announced that it has agreed to refinance the construction loan for […]