Category : Sports

Harry “Bucky” Lew is best known for becoming the first African-American professional basketball player when he joined the New England League in 1902. Born in...

Walter Payton, in full Walter Jerry Payton, byname Sweetness, (born July 25, 1954, Columbia, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 1, 1999, Barrington, Illinois), American professional gridiron football...

O.J. Simpson, in full Orenthal James Simpson, (born July 9, 1947, San Francisco, California, U.S.), American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who was a...

Jim Brown, byname of James Nathaniel Brown, (born February 17, 1936, St. Simons, Georgia, U.S.), outstanding American professional gridiron football player who led the National...

Ernie Davis was a trailblazing athlete who made history as the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most prestigious award. Born...

The 1966 championship game for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament came down to a test between a small southwestern institution, El Paso’s...

Willie O’Ree is a former professional ice hockey player, best known for breaking the color barrier in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was born...

Wendell Oliver Scott was the first African American race car driver to win a race in what would now be considered part of the Sprint...

William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Thrower was born on...