By Shannen Hill Special to the NNPA News Wire from the L.A. Watts Times Basketball player Chris Paul brought tears to the eyes of a group...
[YAHOO] Debi Thomas’ life isn’t what it used to be. The former Olympic figure skater and physician made history when she became the first African-American athlete...
By Vincent R. Crawford Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant “When I saw that this crew (led by referee Howard Horton Jr.)...
By Erika R. Whitehead Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – It may or may not have been the most delicate of phrasing, but President Obama made...
[ESPN.COM] – Flip Saunders, who tallied more than 1,000 victories over a 35-year coaching career that included successful stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons,...
(USA Today) – The partnership between Nike and Michael Jordan has grown into the richest deal in sports marketing history — disputed history, it turns out,...
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Fresh off a Thursday night showcase against the Washington NFL team,...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Derrick Rose was both unwavering and defiant on Monday afternoon when addressing the sexual assault allegations that clouded his offseason. “I will be...
(USA Today) – With the ink barely dry on its federal appeal to reinstate Tom Brady’s suspension for “more probabl(y) than not” being “generally aware” of...
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (New York Times) — Students and families at Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School are looking forward to homecoming, the highlight of the autumn school calendar...
Adam Kilgore, THE WASHINGTON POST PITTSBURGH, Pa. (The Washington Post) – As a general principle, professional football players do not regard other professional football players...
Mike Freeman, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) – Look anywhere in the NFL world, and you see gloss. You see shine. You see hype. During an...
(Deadspin) – Good news broke today, and that news is that Switzerland has opened a criminal investigation against Sepp Blatter, the current FIFA president who just...
NEW YORK (ESPN) — Tina Charles didn’t sleep well before the New York Liberty’s game on Sunday in Washington, D.C. She was also somewhat anxious before...
STEVE MEGARGEE, AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Many of the questions that surrounded Southeastern Conference quarterbacks before the season remain unanswered. In fact, there...
BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball people tell a wonderful story about Yogi Berra and the most famous home run in history....
(ESPN) – Two Texas high school football players who hit a referee in a Sept. 4 game at the direction of the team’s assistant coach will...
(ESPN) – Kam Chancellor has ended his lengthy contract holdout and returned to the Seattle Seahawks after missing the first two games of the season. The Seahawks, who are...
(ESPN) – After Floyd Mayweather outpointed Manny Pacquiao in their huge fight on May 2, Mayweather spent several minutes at the postfight news conference talking about...
(ESPN) – Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his unique way of turning a phrase as for his record 10 World...
(SB Nation) – So here we are, an eighth of the 2015 NFL season in the books, and as of now the Jacksonville Jaguars are in...
MICHAEL MAROT, AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Todd Bowles is keeping the Jets grounded. Sure, they’re off to their first 2-0 start since 2011, the...
SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo won’t be back for at least two months because of a broken left collarbone, and...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN, The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Yannick Noah, the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam tournament, was appointed as the country’s Davis...
