theGrio’s 100: Antron Brown, drag racing his way into history
theGRIO's 100 - Last November, Antron Brown, 36, became the first African-American to win a major auto racing title. He joined Top Fuel drag racing in 2008...
theGrio's 100: Taylor Townsend, pro tennis' next superstar
theGRIO's 100 - All was right in 2012 for 16-year-old Chicago tennis prodigy Taylor Townsend. She dominated the junior tennis ranks and finished the year as the No. 1 junior tennis player in the world...
theGrio's 100: Jabari Parker, high school phenom plays with purpose
theGRIO'S 100 - Jabari Parker has already been named Gatorade's National Boys Basketball Player of the Year and won three state titles for Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. And he's only a junior...
theGrio's 100: Robert Griffin III, NFL's top rookie rocks US capital
theGRIO'S 100 - The top-selling jersey in the NFL this season didn't belong to veterans Tom Brady or Peyton Manning - the honor belonged to Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III...
theGrio's 100: Lia Neal, helping erase swimming's 'color line'
theGRIO's 100 - Lia Neal became only the second African-American woman to make a U.S. Olympic swim team when she qualified for the 2012 London Games...
Scottie Pippen reality show 'Big Pippen' in the works
CHICAGO - Is former Chicago Bulls superstar and NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen set to be the next reality TV star? According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Big Pippen” is one of seven new docuseries in development for WE tv's 2013-14 viewing schedule...
Black autoracer wins 1st NHRA title
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - Antron Brown became the first black champion in any NHRA pro series when he won the Top Fuel title on Sunday at the season-ending event...
Vanessa Bryant: 'Winning a championship should happen yearly'
theGRIO REPORT - Bryant, who is known for being reluctant to talk to the press, spoke candidly in a recent New York magazine article, "The Belles of B-Ball," which chronicles the real lives of actual spouses of the NBA...
Banned from pee wee football for being too big
theGRIO REPORT - Elijah Earnheart, 12, was recently banned from playing pee wee football because of his size...
Gabby and her mom have last laugh
Gabby Douglas’s historic run at the 2012 Olympics in London may be over, but interest in the world-class gymnast is just beginning.
