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Justin Tillman leads Rams to overtime win over Dayton

Virginia Commonwealth University basketball Coach Mike Rhoades says the Rams’ motto this season is “it takes what it takes.”

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NFL black power: Mahomes among 6 African-American quarterbacks

Patrick Mahomes II has gone from substitute to superstar with the Kansas City Chiefs. The latest addition to the NFL’s African-American quarterbacks club has passed for 10 touchdowns in Kansas City’s opening wins over the Los Angeles Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Henrico Stars win MJBL Inner City Classic's U-14 division championship

The U-14 Henrico Stars are the undefeated and undisputed champions of the annual Metropolitan Junior Baseball League’s Inner City Classic.

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VSU Trojans trounce Elizabeth City State

It has been more than a season and a half already, and no CIAA team has figured out a way to beat football coach Latrell Scott’s Virginia State University Trojans.

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MLB playoff teams battling it out for a place in the World Series

It’s time for popcorn, peanuts and playoffs.

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Warriors capture second state crown

Henrico High School has steered into basketball’s fast lane and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Coach Vance Harmon’s heavy-on-the-pedal Warriors sped to their second state title in three years March 14, blitzing Norview High School of Norfolk, 78-64, for the Virginia High School League’s 5A crown. Henrico High has reached three straight state finals and boasts arguably the commonwealth’s top college prospect in junior Monte Buckingham. With the one-sided win over Norview, Henrico finished the season 28-1.

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Frank Mason III hopes to become next small man in NBA

The NBA is something of a real-life Brobdingnag, that fictional land of giants in the novel “Gulliver’s Travels.” How else to describe a population with more men taller than 6-foot-9 than under 6 feet?

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Freshman Pitts making big splash at VUU

Demarius Pitts saw no need to meekly dip his toes in the water to get a feel for college basketball. Boldly, he dove in head first instead.

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Caleb Grimes stands out for Benedictine

Caleb Grimes is planning a career in the Navy. In the meantime, he’s giving his opponents on the football field a bad case of the blues.

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VSU 'Trojan Express' rolls over Shaw; now heading to Elizabeth City

All aboard the Trojan Express. It’s hard to say what’s rumbling louder nowadays — Virginia State University’s offense or the Amtrak trains passing within earshot of campus.

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Jeremy Pena wins twice as Series’ MVP

Jeremy Pena is sitting atop of baseball’s highest mountain.

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Mayweather to fight again

As long as there is money to be made, Floyd Mayweather isn’t hanging up his boxing gloves.

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Derrick Henry rushes into NFL record books

Derrick Henry has joined one of the NFL’s most pres- tigious fraternities—the 2,000 yard club.

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All-Black officiating crew takes over Monday Night Football games

When fans think of “firsts” in terms of Black involvement in sports, they generally think of players and coaches.

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Black referee to lead Super Bowl

African-American Ronald “Ron” Torbert will be the lead referee — wearing the white cap — for the Feb. 13 Super Bowl in Inglewood, Calif.

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VSU wins CIAA cross-country championship

For the third time in the last four years, Virginia State University is the CIAA men’s cross-country champion.

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Richmond connections at Indiana University

If Indiana University is to make a run at the Big Ten and/or the NCAA title, Richmond-born Hoosiers will have a say in it.

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NFL conference championships on Sunday

Of the four NFL teams in contention for the conference championship, only the Tennessee Titans have never won a Super Bowl. The Titans reached a pinnacle game in 1999, losing to the St. Louis Rams 23-16.

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Trinity Episcopal's Bacot helps national team win gold

Armando Bacot has lifted his basketball game to the international level.

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‘Golden girls’

U.S. women bring home top medals from the Olympics

Red, white and blue added up to a treasure chest of gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Let’s meet the “Golden girls.”