Non-profit uses soccer to help kick homelessness
VIDEO - Known the world over for being a sport to unite and rally around, soccer is proving itself a life preserver for homeless teens and adults...
Rice and Smith headline Hall of Fame inductions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - On Saturday night, Rice and Smith will be inducted together in the Canton, Ohio shrine as the top receiver and top rusher in league history...
Mandela and South Africa win praise for World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - An alliance of South African newspapers and broadcasters has praised Nelson Mandela for his role in the success of the first World Cup held in Africa...
Civil rights icons honored at police conference
Marc Morial is one of the award recipients at a conference breakfast in downtown Baltimore for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Ex-Negro league baseball star still working at 104
PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) - "And I don't have many wrinkles," he says in Spanish. He smiles, then allows in English: "Just a little bit."...
New products proving Ali is still the greatest
NEW YORK (AP) - It's been nearly three decades since Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring, and the public still can't get enough of the self-described greatest...
Texas man exonerated of rape free after 27 years
HOUSTON (AP) - Accompanied by his attorney, Michael Anthony Green walked out of the Harris County Jail and into the arms of about 20 family members who cheered him...
Mom, kids rescued after near-drowning in pond
VIDEO - A Minnesota mother and her two children are alive and well today after the vehicle they were in crashed into a pond...
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum for first-time possession of crack...
Andre Dawson inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN, New York (AP) - Andre Dawson, who endured 12 knee surgeries to forge an impressive 21-year major league career, just the 203rd player in the game's long history to receive the honor...
