Jeremiah Armstead, a 19-year-old teen from Los Angeles who was homeless while in high school, has been accepted at Fisk University, an HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee, and will play basketball for its team. “Any type of adversity that I went through, for the most part, it motivated me and pushed me,” Armstead said he felt Read More…
Friday takeaways: Eastern Greene unleashes the beast in Lewis “He was able to play all four quarters,” Eastern coach Travis Wray said. “He’s not been able to finish one game due to cramping or different things because he’s playing both sides of the ball in all three phases. “But now we’ve gotten some guys healthy Read More…
Al Boogie Roberson: Legendary Grudge Drag Racer Phenom, Al “Boogie” Roberson, Rules the Track as a Consistent Winner Al “Boogie” Roberson Nationwide — In case you haven’t heard, Al Roberson, known on the racetrack as “Al Boogie,” is a legendary, African American, grudge drag racer. In fact, he has stockpiled more wins in the ‘no-time’ category Read More…
As NFL fans were gearing up to see the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams play in the Super Bowl, they also learned that the league was facing a lawsuit alleging racism, discrimination and other unethical actions. It was filed on Feb. 1 in Manhattan by attorneys for Brian Flores, who was fired as the Read More…
Black NASCAR Driver Wendell O. Scott Wendell Scott & sons Frank Scott (Left),Wendell Scott Jr. (R) Wendell Scott, the only black driver in NASCAR for virtually all of his career, probably earned more respect than he did money. His career was a constant struggle with low budgets. The Danville, VA native started racing in 1947. Read More…
Wendell Scott was a pioneer in the sport of auto racing as the first Black full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit. Acting as a driver and his own mechanic he gained the admiration of fans and fellow drivers through his grit and determination to be successful in a sport deeply-entrenched in the Jim Crow south. Read More…
English 
