In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

More than 1,000 kids competed this year in the invitational swim meet and kept the legacy alive for a safe space for Black ...

Before local and school celebrities took time out of their day to read stories to classes at Wildwood School this week, two ...

From local activists and trailblazers to lesser-known names on the national stage, we shed a light on the contributions of Black men and women who shook up the world.

Gene Kahane writes, "It seems this month, Black History Month, is the best time to look at race and sports because, to put it ...

Arthur Ashe was only 49 years old when he passed away in 1993, but the tennis superstar accomplished so much in his life—from ...

Anthony Pendleton and Demetrius Calip headline the Greater Flint African American Sports Hall of Fame's class of 2025 ...

Nike have kind of had reverse history. Nike started with running, made a splash with basketball, then expanded into other ...

Black swimmers at Conrad and Carter squashed stereotypes about the capabilities of African Americans in the water.

The Chicago tennis champion and basketball star was considered one of the best Black female athletes of her time, but her story has been overlooked in history, author Robert Pruter writes.

Not to be outdone, Nash's wife of 35 years, Carla, is executive director of the Union Aid Society, treasurer of Daniel B.

The Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t just a performance; it was a reflection of America’s ongoing struggle with race, ...