The world’s number-two ranked tennis player said critics told her that her “Black Card” was revoked Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka revealed she was targeted with racial backlash for her decision to represent Japan in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year old tennis champion discussed her decision and the ensuing backlash in her recently-released self-titled Netflix…
The league committed the money to The Players Alliance, a nonprofit comprised of Black players dedicated to improving equity in baseball On Monday, Major League Baseball announced it will invest up to $150 million over the next 10 years into The Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization committed to improving equity in professional baseball. The organization…
He was believed to be the last surviving member of an all-Black combat unit that served on D-Day The alleged last surviving member of a Black combat unit that served on D-Day has passed on. Henry Parham died of bladder cancer Sunday, July 4 at Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, per his obituary. He was 99-years-old….
Unseld began his career with Washington as a scout in 1997 before working his way up to assistant coach, a job he held from 2005-2011 Wes Unseld Jr. was hired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Saturday, bringing the former Denver Nuggets assistant full circle with the franchise his father led to its only…
The Democrats left the state to deny the Republican-controlled Legislature the necessary quorum to pass a bill that would place new restrictions on voting in Texas Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested positive for COVID-19, the Texas House’s Democratic…
This past Valentine’s Day, actor Michael B. Jordan might have won the best boyfriend award after renting out an entire aquarium for his girlfriend, Lori Harvey. In a recent snippet of an unreleased interview with sports journalist Jemele Hill for her podcast “Jemele Hill is Unbothered,” Jordan explains what made him decide to go all…
After a video of New York Police Department officers surrounding and tasing a Black man on a subway train went viral the department released body camera footage of the incident on Wednesday morning. David Crowell, 29, was arrested on July 6 after allegedly helping another person avoid paying the $2.75 fare. Police said Crowell allowed…
The shooting was the latest in an epidemic of gun violence in Oregon’s largest city this year One person died and at least six more were injured in an early morning shooting Saturday in downtown Portland, Oregon, police said. One victim, a woman, died at the hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the 2 a.m….
“Instead of answering our concerns for him, he asked us to remain focused on the unfinished work — his life’s work — of healing and uniting this nation,” said Biden President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday both marked the one-year anniversary of U.S. Rep. John Lewis’s death by urging Congress to…
“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” widely recognized as the “Black National Anthem,” was written over 120 years ago by James Weldon Johnson The NFL has announced it will play the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” before each game in the 2021-22 season as part of a $250 million investment towards social justice….
