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Surprisingly, Dawn Staley has been looking for one final non-conference game for the defending NCAA Division I women’s basketball champion, South Carolina, for a few days now. According to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tuesday afternoon, Staley may have found her team an opponent, and it might be an HBCU. When going […]
Talladega College has announced that they have hired former Mississippi Valley State men’s basketball coach Andre Payne as its next head women’s basketball coach. Payne returns to the sidelines after being let go from Mississippi Valley State following a five-year stint with the team. He finished with an overall record of 31-132 in his five
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Olympic athletes work their entire lives for a moment that could last seconds, maybe minutes. While everyone is representing their countries, Black athletes are respresenting an entire culture. In some sports they’re the only Black competitor. And the lucky ones who make it on the podium could find themselves making… Read more…
Here’s All Team USA’s Black Olympians Who Won Medals in Paris Read More »
Track and field fans were glued to their televisions this week for what was arguably the most exciting 9.79 seconds of the 2024 Summer Games so far. Noah Lyles secured a gold medal for the USA on August 4 in the men’s 100-meter final, edging out silver medalist Kishane Thompson from Jamaica by just five-thousandths
Former president Donald Trump will appear at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual conference in Chicago on Wednesday (July 31). The announcement came Monday night. He will sit for a panel moderated by three Black women — ABC’s Rachel Scott, FOX News’ Harris Faulkner and Semafor reporter Kadia Goba. -… Read more…
Howard University men’s basketball coach Kenny Blakeney has an idea to put the Bison athletic program ahead of the curve in the new era of big business. According to a Washington Post report by Jesse Dougherty, Blakeney has pitched the idea of selling 33 1/3 percent of the Bison men’s basketball program to private equity
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With the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics officially here, it’s only right that we showcase some of the Black women in sports who are demonstrating their skills to the world. You already know names like Simone Biles and A’Ja Wilson, but here are some others you should be paying attention to. Read more…
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Only at the Olympics can you expect to get as much of a show watching the crowd as you would watching the world’s greatest athletes showcase their skills. This year’s Paris Olympics have been nothing short of exciting, and some of the best moments come from the celebrities that showed up to support. Read more…
Here’s Proof That the Olympics is Really Just One Big Crossover Episode Read More »
Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson dominates women’s basketball statistically and has multiple MVP, player of the year and other honors. As the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick in 2018, she is also one of the most decorated women in college basketball. Read more…
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Basketball Olympian A’ja Wilson Read More »
With plenty of star power on the Team USA roster, Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas will be tasked with two things coming off the bench – being a physical presence on both sides of the ball and giving 100% on every possession like she does every game. Nicknamed “The Engine,” Thomas is one of the
Everything You Need to Know About African Americans in the Olympics, Then and Now Read More »
