Black Athletes
Olympic sprinters Noah Lyles and Junelle Bromfield have been dating since 2022, building a strong relationship both on and off the track. Lyles, who recently made history by winning gold in the 100 meters at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and Bromfield, a Jamaican sprinter specializing in the 400 meters, met in 2017 through social media. […]
This weekend at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Black athletes made history with outstanding performances. Simone Biles led the way by winning her second gold medal in the individual all-around gymnastics event. Noah Lyles secured his first Olympic medal by winning gold in the 100 meters, the first American man to do so in 20 years. […]
Legendary football running back and activist Jim Brown has died at age 87 Thursday night peacefully at his home. In 1967, Brown organized a meeting in Cleveland of the nation’s top Black athletes, including Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor, who later became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to support boxer Muhammad Ali’s fight against the war in Vietnam. […]
Around the nation, colleges are finishing up their enrollment and bragging about high numbers of Black athletes in their ranks. The numbers of African American coaches and coordinator positions are much lower according to a review of the Football Bowl Subdivision schools. Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University, Mark Naison is […]
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