Tag: Hall of Fame
Tiger Woods Announces Return to Golf
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Ten months after a horrific crash hospitalized him, with doctors considering amputating one of his legs,...
Lawsuits Pile up in Aftermath of The Travis Scott Astroworld Festival Fiasco
Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival now has led to 9 deaths and multiple lawsuits. But the ill-fated event still has many asking who should be...
Duke Slater, NFL’s 1st Black Lineman, is Now Hall of Famer
By Steven Wine, Associated Press
Duke Slater was so good the NFL couldn’t keep him out.
For a Black player in the 1920s and ’30s, that...
Eddie Murphy to be Inducted into NAACP Hall of Fame
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this...
As The First African-American Drafted Into The NBA, Chuck Cooper Changed Basketball Forever
On his way to the Hall of Fame, the pioneer from Pittsburgh helped pave the way for today’s black players.
By Mark Gray, Zenger News
In...