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The coded language of ‘figuring out’ Lamar Jackson
BALTIMORE — Before the start of the 2021 NFL season, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that “a lot of people around the league” believed that, after Lamar Jackson a… → Read More
NBA to launch grant program for minority-owned businesses
The NBA, in partnership with an online legal services company, will create a small-business grant program targeted to businesses owned by people of color, women… → Read More
JR Smith’s college tweets show maturation — and hilarity
“Dear Bojangles,” former NBA guard JR Smith started in a tweet directed at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based chicken-and-biscuit joint on Aug. 22. “I don’t kn… → Read More
WWE superstar Big E on wrestling the past year: ‘This has been the most turbulent time of my life’
There were many positive things to come out the last year-plus of wrestling for WWE superstar Big E. After six years as a member of the New Day, an all-Black tr… → Read More
NBA, NBPA add social justice panel to Rookie Transition Program
As NBA rookies, second-year players, journeymen – and even 2008 second overall draft pick Michael Beasley – competed by day in the Las Vegas Summer League this … → Read More
The last year has been what MLS player Jeremy Ebobisse expected post-George Floyd
Last spring, exactly a week after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Major League Soccer player Jeremy Ebobisse wrote in a … → Read More
NBA draft prospect Jonathan Kuminga: ‘We’re trying to make Africa great’
As Jonathan Kuminga was growing up in Congo, the 2021 NBA draft prospect had minimal access to American basketball save for 30-minute sessions (or an hour, if h… → Read More
Khris Middleton continues to be the clutch closer for the Bucks
According to a cursory internet search, there are over 10,000 characters within the DC Comics universe. You can call Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton whi… → Read More
The NBA Finals features a strong African coalition
Star big men Giannis Antetokounmpo and Deandre Ayton highlight a large number of players of African origin playing in this season’s NBA Finals between the Milwa… → Read More
The Bucks played with their food in Game 4 – it could cost them the series
You’d be forgiven if, without watching Game 4, you assumed the Milwaukee Bucks found themselves down by double digits to the Atlanta Hawks after Bucks star Gian… → Read More
New Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s path from Nigeria to Boston
After nearly a decade as an assistant coach, Ime Udoka became the new head coach of the Boston Celtics on Monday. The 43-year-old is the 18th coach, and sixth B… → Read More
Warriors’ Juan Toscano-Anderson: ‘If I can change one life, then I’ve done my job’
On June 11, Juan Toscano-Anderson, the Golden State Warriors’ 28-year-old second-year forward, was announced as one of the finalists for the NBA’s inaugural Kar… → Read More
How funds from Jrue and Lauren Holiday are impacting recipients
In late November, Sylvester Ani Jr. was at home when his cellphone rang. He looked down at his phone, but didn’t recognize the number. On the line was former U.… → Read More
The Bucks now have some ‘dogs,’ will it be enough to get past the Nets?
There’s a scene in the 2000 football film The Replacements where the protagonist’s team is down 17-0 at the start of the second half and needs a spark to get ba… → Read More
Bucks-Heat features heavy Nigerian presence
The first-round series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat has many storylines: After two seasons of early playoff exits despite having the No. 1 seed, a… → Read More
Justin Fields and the double standard of Black quarterback prospects
In late September 2018, when Justin Fields and the Georgia football team were playing a home game against Tennessee, then-Bulldogs baseball player Adam Sasser w… → Read More
How Donovan McNabb and former Black QBs hope to mold the next generation
Ahead of a late September 2003 game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills, commentator Rush Limbaugh, on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, pushed back on… → Read More
How the court-martial of Jackie Robinson nearly derailed his baseball career
Jackie Robinson is known for many things. Breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Winning numerous awards, including the inaugural rookie of the ye… → Read More
Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and the fallacy of the dual-threat QB
On Saturday night, when the Buffalo Bills host the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round, quarterbacks Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson will put to the test the … → Read More
NBA to award elite boarding school scholarships to two African female prospects
The NBA announced Thursday that it has awarded scholarships to two young African female athletes to attend the SEED Academy, a multidisciplinary boarding school… → Read More