Category : Sports

Joe Greene, byname of Charles Edward Greene, also called Mean Joe Greene, (born September 24, 1946, Temple, Texas, U.S.), American professional gridiron football player who...

Alonzo S. Gaither, who built a powerful athletic machine at Florida A&M University, the state’s only public historically black university, is known as the winningest...

Henry Armstrong, original name Henry Jackson, (born December 12, 1912, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.—died October 24, 1988, Los Angeles, California), American boxer, the only professional boxer...

Born in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1941, legendary basketball coach-emeritus John Thompson, Jr., arose from segregated public housing and asphalt playground courts to the...

Lynn Swann joined the Steelers in 1974 just as they were embarking on a winning binge that produced six straight AFC Central Division titles and...

Junious “Buck” Buchanan (September 10, 1940 – July 16, 1992) was a professional American football defensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American...

Earl Francis “Big Cat” Lloyd, the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game, was born on April 3, 1928, in Alexandria,...

Bill Russell, byname of William Felton Russell, (born February 12, 1934, Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.), was an American basketball player who was the first outstanding defensive...

Magic Johnson, byname of Earvin Johnson, Jr., (born August 14, 1959, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.), American basketball player who led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los...

Clarence E. “Big House” Gaines, Sr. was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on May 21, 1923, to Lester and Olivia Bolen Gaines. He attended the public...