By Genoa Barrow, Word in Black Relaxation and recognition are the names of the game for a group of local women who golf together and acknowledge those who tore down doors for them to do so. The SacTown Lady Golfers recently paid tribute to Dr. Charlie Sifford, the first Black player on the PGA Tour. […]
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Las Vegas Raiders name the NFL’s first Black woman team president
The hiring of attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan builds on team’s impressive record of fostering diversity By Antonio Harvey, Word in Black Nevada attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan was appointed as president of the Las Vegas Raiders’ team on July 7. She’s the first Black woman to hold such a title in the National Football League. The […]
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Jackie Robinson’s legacy looms over All-Star Game in LA
By Beth Harris, The Associated Press The legacy of Jackie Robinson showed in Major League Baseball’s recent draft, with four Black players among the first five selected for the first time in history. Six of the first 18 players chosen as well as nine players taken in the first round are Black. All of them […]
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TBE#29 – #WeAreBG: Hope Surges For The Release Of WNBA Star Brittney Griner
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Please continue to pray for my family and all the other families of the wrongfully detained, as our pain remains active until our loved ones are brought home. Let’s continue to use our voices to speak the names of all the wrongfully detained Americans and […]
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Felix comes out of retirement, helps 4×400 relay into final
By Pat Graham, AP Sports Writer Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang. She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4×400 women’s relay. Could she return to world championships? The most decorated sprinter in U.S. […]
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Black MLB draftees become part of a historic 2022 class
by JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor Within one hour of Sunday’s Major League Baseball Draft held in Los Angeles in conjunction with the All-Star festivities, it became a seminal event for the sport when with the fifth pick, the Washington Nationals selected Elijah Green of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The 18-year-old outfielder is the […]
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Cherry Hill honors native Leon Bailey, the man who integrated Navy wrestling
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO Leon Bailey, a trailblazer in U.S. Navy Wrestling, was the first African American to integrate Navy wrestling and win an individual title at the AAU New England Six-State Championship in 1964. His life story and accomplishments are shared in his self-published book, Leon Bailey: The Dream. Born […]
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Raiders’ Morgan is NFL’s first Black female team president
By W.G. Ramirez, The Associated Press The Las Vegas Raiders introduced a former Nevada gambling regulator July 7 as the franchise’s new president, the first Black woman to hold the title with an NFL team. Team owner Mark Davis said Sandra Douglass Morgan topped his list every time after he spoke to candidates. “Her experience, […]
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Sharks hire Mike Grier as NHL’s first Black General manager
By Josh Dubow, The Associated Press The San Jose Sharks’ three-month search for a general manager ended with a barrier-breaking hire as the team made longtime NHL forward, Mike Grier, the first Black General manager in league history. “It means a lot to me,” Grier said at his introductory news conference on July 5. “It’s […]
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More than 1,000 Black women leaders call on Biden administration to step up efforts to free Brittney Griner
By Stacey M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent A collective of nearly 1,200 intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders across the United States is calling on the Biden administration to ramp up efforts to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner from detainment in Russia. In a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the #WinWithBlackWomen collective […]
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Denzel Washington and Simone Biles among 17 Medal of Freedom honorees
By Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern On Thursday, July 7, President Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 Americans in a formal ceremony at the White House. “We strive for we the people doing what we can to ensure the idea of America,” said Biden. “The call of freedom shines like the sun to […]
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Basketball icon Muggsy Bogues returns home for a book signing
By Demetrius Dillard, Special to the AFRO Basketball legend, philanthropist and author, Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues released a new autobiography chronicling some of his life’s most memorable moments entitled “Muggsy: My Life from a Kid in the Projects to the Godfather of Small Ball.” The former NBA star returned home to hold a book signing that […]
