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Negro League star Gerald Sazon celebrates 86th birthday

By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The sounds of baseball are part of what makes America’s pastime so unique, and for those who love the game,

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HBCUs playing big role in NCAA Final 4 this weekend

By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer New Orleans is abuzz about hosting the long-awaited NCAA Final Four weekend March 31-April 4. In addition to the Final

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Ro Brown, New Orleans’ first Black sports reporter, selected as Hall of Fame award recipient
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As a scrappy, ambitious college student at Loyola University in the late 1970s, Ro Brown wasn’t only introduced to the future of sports journalism, but he was ...
Dave Roberts becomes second Black manager to win the World Series
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are the champions of baseball in large part because of a masterful managerial job by Dave Roberts, who becomes ...
Miller gets to the Baseball Hall of Fame…but no Curt Flood
By Bill Fletcher Jr. NNPA Contributing Columnist When it was announced on December 8 that the late Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), ...
As Trump distorts NFL players’ messages, let’s instead join together
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players. The league office ...
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The rivalry: A look back in time
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The annual Grambling-Southern football clash has become — after decades of triumph and tribulation, challenges and successes —arguably the premier HBCU athletic event in America. That’s because it’s ...
NFL Spotlight HBCUs’ contribution
(EURWeb) — In December 2016, the NFL joined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) at the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia to ...
Adjusting, after getting hurt, is a tough hurdle
By Allana Barefield Contributing Writer The stadium was crowded. Fans were screaming at the top of their lungs rooting for the players on the field. Then, suddenly silence. A deafening silence.
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Ladd inducted into Black College HOF
One of Grambling State University’s most distinguished athletes, Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd, was posthumously inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 28.

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