LONDON (AP) — Twice, Serena Williams stood merely two points from a loss at Wimbledon against a British opponent buoyed by a roaring, flag-waving Centre Court crowd. Twice, Williams was oh-so-close to the end of her bid for a fourth consecutive major title — and for the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam. And […]
Muhammad Ali and his refusal to enter the United States draft in 1966 has become part of the boxing icon’s folklore. After a 1967 conviction, Ali endured nearly four years of inactivity before the United States Supreme Court ruled in his favor in 1971. The case, “Clay v. United States,” upheld his conscientious objector […]
Major league pitcher Dock Ellis became a household name for various reasons aside from his prodigious talent on the mound. Ellis, who later in life became a drug counselor, is perhaps best known for pitching a no-hitter game while high on LSD. Dock Phillip Ellis Jr. was born March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, […]
When I became a father in 2014, it was an awakening. I finally felt like full fledged ‘adult’ for the first time. Having a daughter made me realize I could no longer turn a blind eye to so much about society that I’d simply been able to ignore up until now because I’d grown up […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner (pictured, right) has been hearing from players around the WNBA who would like her to change her mind and appeal her seven-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involving her partner Glory Johnson, also a player in the league. The Phoenix Mercury star said the players are concerned that a […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Marques Haynes‘ dribbling skills wowed fans in more than 100 countries. He was a showstopper, a player who helped make the Harlem Globetrotters beloved ambassadors of basketball around the world. Haynes, often called the greatest dribbler in basketball history, died Friday in Plano, Texas, of natural causes, the Globetrotters said. He was […]
While Tiger Woods is certainly the most famous Black figure in the sport of golf today, credit should given to several pioneers before him. Calvin Peete, who was the most successful Black PGA Tour player before Woods, died last Wednesday. Peete was born July 18, 1943 in Detroit, Mich. As a young boy, he […]
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard has been around the ring a few times so he’s happy to be part of the Premier Boxing Championship airing on NBC and Spike TV tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. D.C. native Lamont Peterson fights Danny Garcia in as the main event in a non-title bout from the Barclays Center […]
Black swimmers Simone Manuel, Lia Neal,(pictured, bottom middle) and Natalie Hinds achieved history recently by sweeping the NCAA Women’s Division I Championship. Manuel and Neal, both students at Stanford University, and the University of Florida’s Hinds, are the latest in a long line of history-making Black swimmers. The International Swimming Hall Of Fame has compiled […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Little League pitching sensation Mo’ne Davis will be the subject of a Disney Channel movie. The network says development is underway on the biographical film, titled “Throw Like Mo.” It will tell the story of the 13-year-old who last summer made history as the first girl to pitch a shutout in […]
Earl Lloyd, the National Basketball Association’s first Black player, has died. Lloyd was 86. Along with three other Black players, Lloyd integrated the formerly all-white league and helped usher in a new age of diversity in professional sports. Lloyd, born April 3, 1928 in Alexandria, Va., first starred at West Virginia State University. Although […]
Perry Wallace is now a Law professor at American University in Washington, D.C. But in an earlier time, Mr. Wallace was a reluctant basketball pioneer. While Wallace shuns the distinction, he does recognize how his ascension in athletics is an important legacy worth remembering. Wallace was a star athlete and standout student in the […]
