Seven years ago, the University of Mississippi marching band, The Pride of the South, ended its tradition of playing "Dixie" or any variation of the song during game days.
First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all.
Hey world, Sophia Smith introduced herself in grand style last Friday in her debut for the U.S. Women’s National Team in its opening game of the World Cup in Australia.
Jared Anderson, 23, is labeled as boxing's “most promising young heavyweight.” He was scheduled to bring his 14-0 record into a title bout against Zhan Kossobutskiy on Saturday July 1 in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio.
Many Major League Baseball pundits, including Harold Reynolds of the MLB Network, chastised the St. Louis Cardinals for sending rookie outfielder Jordan Walker back to Triple-A Memphis earlier this season while he was hitting .275.
Missouri has a new baseball coach with Kirkwood and HBCU connections, and the hiring is of historic proportion.
Several Black families resided in Kirkwood for decades before an expansion of Kirkwood Park cost them their longtime homes.
Michael Porter Jr., whose single season at Missouri was limited to three games, has played a pivotal role in the Denver Nuggets dominant push to the NBA Finals.
Vida Blue was dominant, deserving of Hall of Fame recognition
As a guy who places a legal wager on football games, my criticism of Detroit Lions receiver Jameson Williams, a Cardinal Ritter College prep star before playing at Alabama, is not on moral grounds.
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson was in the starting lineup for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He brought the number of Black Major League Baseball players to one.
There remains a fine line between “expansion” and “colonialism.”
Of the “Sweet 16” teams remaining in the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, three have a Black head coach which is about 19% of that field.
Dennis Gates got the job done during his first season at Missouri by getting the Tigers into the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 24-9 record.
Major League Baseball’s ongoing struggle to field Black players will again be on display on April 15, 2023, Jackie Robinson Day.
When St. Louis CITY SC plays its first home game on Saturday against visiting Charlotte, the team can take the “pitch” knowing that Major League Soccer scores higher than most American sports leagues on the Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC) by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Spo…
In January 2000, St. Louis American photographer Wiley Price and I were at the NFC Championship game against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Edward Jones Dome.
A pair of Black quarterbacks put on a show for the ages in Super Bowl LVII.
Before the kickoff of Super Bowl LVII at 5:30 p.m. Sunday Feb. 12 occurs, I will have become weary of articles, commentaries, “hot takes,” and Stephen A. Smith waxing poetic about Black quarterbacks.
Deion Sanders watched as embattled Florida State University football coach Mike Norvell marched his team to an impressive 9-3 record and a berth in the Cheez-It Bowl against Oklahoma.
While the National Football League and Miami Dolphins remain co-defendants in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by former Dolphins coach Brian Flores, the league has shown some improvement in its diversity effort, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport [TIDES] Racia…
As Thanksgiving nears, I am thankful for a group of Black or interracial Americans that have risen above work-ethic doubts, unfair assumptions about leadership skills, and ongoing questions about their intelligence.
Congratulations to St. Louis native and paralympic gold medal winner David Brown for being named to the inaugural USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Tea.
The NBA should suspend Kyrie Irving immediately and the Brooklyn Nets should release him one second later.
My daughter, Bryson and her fiancé, Tyler, are in a fantasy football league. She made me proud last season after she pulled a Philadelphia Phillies-like late season turnaround and won her league title.
Lance Leipold took over the KU football program after spring football in 2021. The Jayhawks won two games during the 2021 season, including a shocking road win over Texas.
While the college football world remains enamored with Jackson State University head coach Deion Sanders, Alabama State University head coach Eddie Robinson Jr., is not a fan.
When the St. Louis Cardinals signed free-agent Albert Pujols for a 2022 Farewell tour, my thought was, “It’s a nice gesture.”
With Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson serving as majority owner of the revamped XFL, diversity and opportunity have been buzz words as the 2023 season nears its February kickoff.
Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns all-star guard who led his team to the NBA Western Conference final is bitterly disappointed in the NBA’s punishment of Suns managing partner Robert Sarver for racist and misogynist comments which became known after a lengthy investigation.
After a lengthy independent investigation, the NBA has suspended Robert Sarver, managing partner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury for one year.
Former Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel told The Kansas City Star’s Vahe Gregorian that he thinks Luther Burden could have the same positive impact on recruiting that future NFL wide receiver Jeremy Maclin did after 2006.
The NFL season opens on Thursday night, Sept. 8, 2002, with three Black head coaches. That is three out of 32. The league can talk all the diversity it wants, but it doesn’t show up when it comes to the head guy on the sideline.
When Marcus Freeman leads Notre Dame against host Ohio State on Saturday, Sept. 3, he will do so knowing his team is No. 1, not Alabama.
Ernie Francis Jr., a Haitian American, wants to be a driving force in Indy Car racing and is in gear to do so with the Force Indy racing team.
Who knows where LeBron James’ basketball skills will be in two or three years, but the NBA does know he’ll be richer and still playing for the L.A. Lakers.
I’m urging the NFL to appeal disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson’s embarrassingly light so-called punishment. Stick to your original position, which is a season-long sit down.
Professional athletes do all kinds of questionable things with their bodies to play a respective sport.
The XFL hosted an invite-only showcase at Jackson State University on July 16 for HBCU football players, and league co-owner Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said he would have jumped at an opportunity like that.
Major League Baseball’s lack of Black players is presented to America during the annual All-Star Game.
With big-name former NFL players including Deion Sanders at Jackson State and Eddie George at Tennessee State, HBCU football is all the rage.
Whether you are a Golden State Warrior or Boston Celtic, the postseason journey you just completed is a testament to the NBA being the best basketball league in the world. The Warriors prevailed; the Celtics fell short. Yet both franchises brought the joy of basketball to a global audience.
Jack Del Rio, Washington Commanders defensive coordinator, shared via Twitter in 2020 that he is a supporter of former President Donald Trump.
As St. Louis singer Kennedy Holmes’ inspiring rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner reached its final stanza, she and members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra were overwhelmed by the thunder of two B-1 Bombers from the 345th Bomb Squadron.
Memorial Day marks the point I think the Major League Baseball season starts to count. Mike Claiborne at KMOX always says Flag Day, June 14, is the day. We’re in the same ballpark.
The St. Louis Blues facing the Colorado Rockies in an NHL Western Conference playoff semifinal series has the hockey world fixated on our team and our region.
I’ve played two games of lacrosse in my life. It is a demanding and exhausting game.
Major League Baseball’s racism cost hundreds, if not thousands, of Black players a chance to make big-time money and earn national stardom. The Negro Leagues prospered as a result, yet full recognition may forms never reached most of the great players that took the field for Negro League teams.
The former Alabama All-SEC player, who starred for the Cardinal Ritter Lions in high school, was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 12th overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas on April 28.
Thank you, Major League Baseball for depriving most St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds fans from seeing flame-throwing Hunter Greene’s debut against the Redbirds on April 22.
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