Washington Wizards shake things up, snag Russell Westbrook in trade
There’s an adage that if you keep doing the same ol’ things, you’ll keep getting the same ol’ results. The Washington Wizards, stuck in mediocrity for years, took this to heart and decided to shake up things in the nation’s …
Mayweather to fight again
As long as there is money to be made, Floyd Mayweather isn’t hanging up his boxing gloves.
Olympic champion and American hero Rafer Johnson dies
Rafer Johnson, widely regarded as among the greatest athletes of all time and the man who helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 86.
USA Track and Field Hall of Famer Arnie Robinson Jr. dies
Arnie Paul Robinson Jr., the 1976 Olympic long- jump champion, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.
Baseball slugger Richard ‘Dick’ Allen dies at 78
Richard Anthony Allen, among baseball’s most powerful sluggers of his generation, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.
VCU Rams expect strong season with strong bench
The “Bench Bunch” is back.
NSU basketball opens on a roll
If Norfolk State University can play as well at home as it has away, the Spartans are looking at a banner season.
Jaret Patterson rushes into the record books
Jaret Patterson has raced straight into the college football record books and smack dab into the NCAA spotlight.
Rookie Antonio Gibson becomes Washington team hero on Thanksgiving
Antonio Gibson has become a new hero in Washington and a villain in Dallas.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers make league history with 3 Black coaching coordinators
If there was an NFL award for coaching diversity, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be a leading contender.
Tyson and Jones give fight winnings to pandemic victims
For old time’s sake, and for the good of charity, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. put on quite a show Nov. 28 in Los Angeles.
Coach Willard Bailey reaches mountaintop – Black College Football Hall of Fame
An old sports writer phoned Coach Willard Bailey last week to interview the winningest football coach in the CIAA about being selected for the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
Lady Panthers’ new 6-foot-5 recruit, Ceanna ‘Cece’ Kinney, has VUU roots
The Virginia Union University Lady Panthers have signed 6-foot-5 Ceanna “Cece” Kinney, who is tied for the tallest female player in VUU history.
Conference-only games for VUU men’s basketball
Because of the pandemic, Virginia Union University will be playing a conference-only men’s basketball schedule this season.
VCU basketball opens Nov. 26 with non-conference games in Knoxville
Virginia Commonwealth University’s non-conference basketball schedule will start and end with trips to Southeastern Conference schools.
