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Five Black Aces Heading To the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s “Hall Of Game”

Five of the greatest pitchers in baseball history will be honored this fall by the Negro League Baseball Museum when Dwight Gooden, Vida Blue,...

Sports Must Fight Back Against Arkansas’ Attack On Black History

It started in Florida and now the disgusting attack on Black History has spread to Arkansas. A week ago, right before the first day of...

Michael Oher Is A Lesson For Black Athletes On Narratives And Rights

On Monday, ESPN dropped a bombshell story on Michael Oher of NFL and "The Blind Side" fame. Oher, whose life story was the basis for...

SlamBall’s Return Was A Hard-Hitting Slam Dunk

24 years ago, fans were introduced to a high-flying, trampoline-bouncing, hard-hitting, trash-talking, dunking-all-on-your-head sport called SlamBall. At first, many thought it was a gimmick that...

Terrell Williams Acting As Titans HC Is How The Process Should Work

As the NFL's preseason gets underway, the Tennessee Titans made big news to start the week when head coach Mike Vrabel announced that he...

Mississippi Supreme Court Won’t Remove Brett Favre From Welfare Lawsuit

Late last week, Brett Favre didn't receive any hometown love from Mississippi's Supreme Court as it ruled it would not remove him from the...

Ohio St. AD Gene Smith Announces He’s Stepping Down Next Year

After the flurry of conference realignment that erupted last week, today Ohio State AD Gene Smith dropped, arguably, a bigger bombshell when he announced...

Despite Needing To Be Closer To Ailing Mom, NCAA Denies Darrell Jackson’s Hardship Waiver Request

College conference realignment has raged quickly through the college sports landscape, and apparently, a frustrated NCAA needed to vent its frustrations. Unfortunately, the recipient of...

After P5 Conference Realignment, The G5 Needs Its Own College Football Playoff

The flurry of moves last week in the college sports landscape greatly expanded the future outlooks for two Power 5 conferences while signaling the...

The Magic Donated $50k To DeSantis’ Super Pac. So Orlando Players/Coaches, What Will You Do?

DeSantis' attack on civil and human rights has extended to almost every aspect of society in Florida, from corporations to higher ed. Now we're...

Former Cincinnati Stars Nick Van Exel, Sauce Gardner Are Graduating

It's always great to hear about athletes receiving their degrees and later today in Cincinnati, some new athletes will be walking the stage. Former Bearcats...

Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz Continue To Make History At The WWC

For everyone on the East Coast who got up early this morning to watch Jamaica's Reggae Girlz at the Women's World Cup, you were...

NFL Changes Its Personal Conduct Policy And Increases Penalties

The NFL has long been criticized for its handling of cases involving sexual misconduct and domestic violence. Now it's taking a big step forward...

“State Of HBCU Athletics” Headlines The Get In The Game Sports Business Career Conference

Englewood, NJ; Thursday, July 26th, 2023- We at First and Pen are proud to partner with sports data and analytics company SBRnet to host...

The Power Of Coach Prime Is Why Colorado Got A Big 12 Invite

Late Wednesday evening, news broke that the Big 12 voted unanimously to invite the University of Colorado away from the Pac 12 and to...

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