Tag: sports
Graduation rate of black male players in NCAAs at 74 percent
By Steve Reed
AP Sports Writer
The graduation rate of African-American men’s basketball players from teams participating in the NCAA Tournament is 74 percent compared with...
First all-black relay team to win Mercedes Marathon now training for...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Members of Fit 2 Finish Strong (F2FS), an all-black men’s relay team, are still energized from last month’s Mercedes Marathon.
The...
Colin Kaepernick will no longer take a knee
By Ricardo A. Hazell
The Shadow League
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick followed his conscience during the 2016 NFL preseason and began kneeling during the National Anthem. It...
Former Miles College coach, Brighton (AL) native inducted into Black College...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Former Miles College head football coach Billy Joe and Brighton High School alumnus Parnell “Paydirt” Dickinson had sizeable...
Deontay Wilder retains WBC title with 5th-round KO of Gerald Washington
By John Zenor
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Deontay Wilder proved his surgically repaired right hand is still a devastating force — once he unleashed it.
Wilder...
WBC champ Deontay Wilder returns against unbeaten Gerald Washington
By John Zenor
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Deontay Wilder is trying to emulate Larry Holmes, both in becoming the world's dominant heavyweight champion and...
SIAC Basketball Championships to begin Feb. 27
Special to The Times
The 2017 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball Championship will take place on Monday, Feb. 27 through Saturday, March 4 at...
Deontay Wilder prepares for Feb. 25 bout in Birmingham, wins legal...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Deontay Wilder won a significant fight last week without throwing a punch. But the Tuscaloosa native says he struck a blow...
Sugar Ray Robinson broke records, made boxing history
Rhett Butler
The Shadow League
When Jack Johnson was already established as the baddest man on the planet within the boxing ring and outside of it,...
Five of the most underrated black MLB sluggers
By J.R. Gamble
The Shadow League
Before we get into the list we have to give a shoutout to Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson, who is...
