Sports

On Twitter, many are saluting the legendary second baseman, and teams across the MLB are joining together to honor number 42.

ESPN's First Take host Stephen A. Smith had time for Russell Westbrook following comments he made about now former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel. 

Good News

Trailblazing basketball legend Earl Lloyd—the first Black player to compete in an NBA game—was recently honored by the city of Alexandria.

HBCU News

Raleigh-based Saint Augustine’s University is the first HBCU to launch a women’s rowing team.

Black History

A film about the story behind the iconic Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics is in the works.

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has recently called out current Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James for some of his online behavior. Still, now he says he regrets some of that criticism. 

The family of Lorenzen Wright can start to move forward knowing that their son's killer will not see the light of day again for at least another 51 years.

Tuesday night (Mar.15), Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving gave the world a glimpse of what he could do when he's on the court. Too bad he can't do this in front of actual Nets fans in Brooklyn. 

Beasley, who has played for several NBA teams and abroad, recently appeared on a podcast and tearfully shared some of the ups and downs of his mental health woes.

Naomi Osaka lost in straight sets to 21st-seeded Veronika Kudermetova in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Saturday. However, the 24-year-old tennis star’s biggest opponent that day wasn’t the Russian on the other side of the net. Instead, it was one particular heckler whose shout of “Naomi, you suck!” […]

Did family life push Tom Brady back into football? Twitter sure thinks so.