Category : Sports

Margaret Peters was born in 1915 in Washington, D.C., and Matilda Roumania Peters was born two years later in the same city. The girls began...

Bo Jackson was born November 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama. He was born Vincent Edward Jackson, the eighth child of Florence Jackson Bond’s ten children....

Marcus Allen was born on March 26, 1960, to Harold and Gwen Allen in San Diego, CA. As a child, he was interested in many...

Michael Lockett Garrett, born April 12, 1944, is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a halfback for the...

The National Football League (NFL) is the professional football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams. The NFL was founded as the American...

Roosevelt Grier, born in 1932 in Cuthbert, Georgia, has led a life of remarkable achievement and dedicated service. From his early days as a standout...

The NBA began life as the Basketball Association of America in 1946 and played under that moniker for 3 years before, in 1949, merging with...

William Julius Johnson, commonly known as “Judy” Johnson, was a prominent figure in the world of sports. Born on October 26, 1899, in Snow Hill,...

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Reece “Goose” Tatum excelled at two sports, baseball and basketball, but is most famous for his basketball career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Known as “Goose”...