WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them. Gauff, the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era, showed the poise […]
Wilma Rudolph was a track and field athlete who shined on the world stage during the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. She became the first American to win three gold medals at a single Summer Olympics. The Tennessee native was born on June 23, 1940. Rudolph was the twentieth of her father’s 22 children from […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The two top winter sports crowned their champions as summer neared, separated by exactly 10 million viewers. The sixth game of the NBA Finals, where the Toronto Raptors dethroned the depleted Golden State Warriors, was seen by 18.76 million viewers in the United States, according to the Nielsen company. The final […]
For 19 seasons, Lou Brock thrilled MLB fans, first with the Chicago Cubs but most notably with the St. Louis Cardinals. “The Franchise” turns 80 today. Louis Clark Brock was born in El Dorado, Ark. to a family of sharecroppers, moving to Collinston, La. when he was a toddler. Brock was an avid baseball fan, […]
Emmitt Smith has achieved a number of milestones on the football field as a member of the Dallas Cowboys, and today, the Hall of Famer has reached another. Today is the Pensacola, Fla. native’s 50th birthday. Despite a spectacular high school career as a player at Escambia High School in Pensacola, Smith was seen as […]
There are several Negro League players that would have undoubtedly dominated in major league baseball if not for the racism of the times. One of those players was Andy “Lefty” Cooper, a tall, strong pitcher that was inducted rightfully into the National Baseball Hall of Fame decades after his passing. Cooper was born April 24, […]
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Rookie general manager Mike Mayock and coach Jon Gruden had meticulously put together a plan to rebuild the Oakland Raiders with three first-round draft picks and a couple of smart free agent signings when they suddenly got sent in a different direction last week. The Pittsburgh Steelers were willing to trade […]
The Utah Jazz fan who allegedly told Russell Westbrook to “get on your knees like you’re used to” during a game between the Jazz and Westbrook’s Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night has been banned from all Jazz games. “Everyone deserves the opportunity to enjoy and play the game in a safe, positive and inclusive environment,” […]
Kevin Garnett is used to battling it out on the basketball court but he’s gearing up to face off with his ex-wife, Brandi Garnett, following their separation. Brandi, who filed for divorce last summer, is asking for almost $200k a month from the former NBA player. Via TMZ Sports: According to new legal docs … Brandi Garnett is […]
LeBron James is considered one of the best basketball players in the world, but according to one NBA executive, the 15-time All-Star is responsible for ruining the chemistry among the Los Angeles Lakers. When the Lakers were at the center of trade rumors surrounding Pelicans star Anthony Davis, James publicly endorsed the potential move — something […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A movement to rename a Richmond, Virginia, thoroughfare for groundbreaking black tennis player Arthur Ashe Jr. is cresting just as the state finds itself in turmoil over a blackface scandal involving the governor and attorney general. The man behind the street renaming says the confluence of the two unrelated developments involving […]
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson enjoyed a 20-year playing career, winning a number of awards and shattering a major racial barrier in the sport. The MLB’s first African-American manager died Thursday at the age of 83. Robinson was born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas but he was raised primarily in Oakland, […]
