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Cheyney women made NCAA ‘herstory’
Cheyney (Pa.) State University is far removed from the brightest stage of women’s college basketball now, but that was far from the case in 1982.
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.”
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.
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.
Fred Valentine’s MLB career spanned 7 seasons
Fred Valentine, among the first HBCU alumni to play Major League Baseball, died Dec. 26 at age 87.
Former cadet helps Clemson rout VaTech
Quarterbacks are at their best when they have ample time to spot their receivers and deliver the football in comfort. Clelin Ferrell tries to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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.
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?
Britton Wilson finishes second at USATF Championships
It took a world-record performance to prevent Britton Wilson from being the U.S. 400-meter hurdles champion.
Ernie Francis gears up for St. Petersburg race
African-Americans are as rare on the IndyCar circuit as snowmobiles in Haiti, but that doesn’t bother Ernie Francis Jr., the latest contender for IndyCar honors.
Golden State Warriors’ ‘strength in numbers’ more than a slogan
The Golden State Warriors’ motto during their historic glory run has been “Strength in Numbers.”
Thomas Jefferson High going to state playoffs
Richmond’s Thomas Jefferson High School will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Class 2, Region A football playoffs this Friday, Nov. 12.
ECSU taps Richardson as interim basketball coach
Andre Gray has been fired as head basketball coach at Elizabeth City State. He has been replaced on an interim basis by alumnus John Richardson III.
VSU’s Lonnie Blow named Coach of the Year
Virginia State and Virginia Union universities are well represented on what amounts to the CIAA’s men’s’ and women’s basketball honor rolls.
Hampton University gets new quarterback
Hampton University’s football prospects have just become brighter. Quarterback Deondre Francois is the latest addition to the Pirates’ Big South Conference roster.
38th Richmond Marathon to run on Saturday
Little could Greek courier Pheidippides have known he was kick-starting an activity that would endure for centuries. The sport now known as the marathon is said to stem from 490 B.C. when Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the outnumbered Greek army had defeated the invading Persians.
Cleveland Indians got nickname from first Native American in MLB
Before there was Jackie Robinson, there was Louis Sockalexis. In 1947, Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s ban on African-Americans. Fifty years prior in 1897, Sockalexis — known as “Deerfoot on the Diamond” — became big league baseball’s first Native American player when he debuted with the Cleveland Spiders.
Mayweather to fight again
As long as there is money to be made, Floyd Mayweather isn’t hanging up his boxing gloves.
