Armonii Burden would love to be known as the second-best defensive player to ever come out of Williamsburg’s Lafayette High School. The incomparable Lawrence Taylor, of course, is No. 1 on that list.

Major League Baseball teams toss their fishnets all over the globe in hope of landing talent. No distance is too far. Other times teams get lucky and find what they’re looking for in their own backyard.

The Armando Bacot Back to School Basketball Camp is set for Sept. 3-4 at Big Ben’s Home Court, 2206 Westwood Ave. The event is free.

When the TV show, “The White Shadow,” debuted in 1978, it starred Ken Howard as the white coach of a mostly African-American basketball team. Bill Littlepage, who died Aug. 16 at age 87, beat Hollywood to it.

VUU’s football season is kicking off with a financial boon, as the Burning Sands Alumni Football Foundation plans to present Virginia Union University $60,000 from its endowment fund to support football scholarships at the college.

Thomas Jefferson High School football is a success story of which all Richmonders can be proud.

Deion Sanders is pulling out all the stops to bring an HBCU national football championship to Jackson State.

With football practices in full swing, Virginia State University is hopeful some of that Bowie State Bulldogs magic rubs off on the Trojans.

A couple of days before Serena Williams claimed the 22nd of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon in 2016, she was asked what she makes of it when people refer to her as one of history’s greatest female …

Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey will never be issued again to another NBA player.

It would be noteworthy for a high school basketball team to have one son of a famous NBA player. But four?

If Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz is to be safe and successful in his first season in Washington, Charles Leno Jr. might be a top-of-the-list reason why.

Basketball has taken Justin Tillman around the world. Now he’s back in the U.S. and looking to play on the highest level — the NBA.

Auditions are underway at Virginia Union University.

Weldon Edwards is still in the news at the University of Richmond a half century after he wore a helmet and shoulder pads.