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MLB All-Star Game features dozens of players of color

Twenty-four of the 72 players chosen for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game earlier this week are players of color from the Caribbean and South America.

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All-Star Jeremy Jeffress has ties to Virginia

Virginia Union University hasn’t had baseball for many decades, but it does have family ties to a current big league star. Jeremy Jeffress, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers and member of the National League All-Stars team, is the brother of former VUU basketball player Racquel Jeffress. Racquel Jeffress started for the Lady Panthers in the early 2000s.

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NBA’s Kyle Kuzma to lead Richmond area basketball camp

One of the NBA’s rising stars is coming to the Richmond area. Kyle Kuzma will be among the instructors at the TMG and Dreems Foundation Basketball Camp Aug. 4 and 5 at American Family Fitness-Short Pump, 11760 W. Broad St.

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VCU's Williams signs with European team

Former Virginia Commonwealth University Rams point guard Johnny Williams is taking his ball-handling skills across the Atlantic.

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Usain Bolt poised to sign with Australian soccer team

Former track icon Usain Bolt may be starting a new sports career on the soccer field.

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Maggie Walker birthday celebrations draw intimate crowds a year after statue dedication

More than a hundred people took to the cobblestone streets of Jackson Ward last Saturday to celebrate the life and accomplishments of the late Richmond businesswoman and icon Maggie L. Walker.

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Brookland Park Community Celebration

The Brookland Park Community Celebration returns this weekend.

Christmas in July: Boat parade Saturday on James

A flotilla of lighted boats will parade down the James River this weekend.

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‘The Mere Distinction of Colour,’ Montpelier exhibition, honored

The historic home of President James Madison is winning national recognition for telling the story of enslaved people who once lived at the Orange County property.

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At 91, Carlton T. Brooks still going strong

Carlton T. Brooks said as a young man he faced the big decision of figuring out how to make a living.

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AME Church and black banks launch partnership for black wealth

The black church, among the most prosperous institutions in America, has long led movements for the spiritual, social and civic uplift of black people.

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Aubrey D. Flippen, 68, longtime social worker, dies

Aubrey Dean Flippen sought to provide hope to people in crisis.

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Myrtle H. Motley, civic, church worker, succumbs at 98

Myrtle Hobson Motley came through at a critical moment when Richmond civil rights attorney Oliver W. Hill Sr. was pursuing an important legal battle against government-enforced segregated schools.

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Dr. William E. ‘Bill’ Ward, former mayor of Chesapeake, NSU professor dies at 84

Dr. William E. “Bill” Ward, the first African-American mayor of Chesapeake and the only official to serve the longest in that role, has died.

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Congressional Black Caucus calls for decriminalizing marijuana use

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling for decriminalizing marijuana use. The group wants the federal government to get out of the prohibition business when it comes to the drug, a position it says is supported by an overwhelming majority of the 48-member caucus.

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City center vision

NH Foundation looks to new coliseum to spur major redevelopment in Downtown

How do you build a $220 million coliseum for Richmond without putting up any money?

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Treasonous president?

Many of us in America suspect the reason President Trump meets by himself with autocrats like North Korean leader Kim Jung-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin is because he is being controlled.

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Another road hazard

Re “Personality: Ron J. Melancon, Spotlight on founder of Dangerous Trailers, a safety advocacy organization,” Free Press July 12-14 edition: That was a nice article on Ron Melancon.

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Thank you to people who serve and help others

Thanks to the doctors, nurses, first responders and volunteers and who serve mankind.

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Marijuana laws, money making and double standards

America, the legalization of marijuana is not the answer.