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June 2, 2024
Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend.
June 1, 2024
Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players.
May 31, 2024
Reese will remind anyone listening that there is a group of rookies helping boost soaring WNBA ratings, attendance and revenue.
LeBron James, theGrio.com
May 30, 2024
While there's no clear choice as to who will be the face of the league once LeBron James retires, I…
May 30, 2024
Following an ankle injury, Douglas withdrew from the U.S. championship, ending her attempt to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Basketball player Kyrie Irving
May 29, 2024
After self-inflicted damage in Brooklyn, Boston and Cleveland, life for “Uncle Drew” is finally drama-free.
May 29, 2024
After a research project, Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson
May 28, 2024
Tyson “became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare up 30 minutes before landing” on Sunday, his publicist's office…
May 26, 2024
The big news in Naomi Osaka’s life has nothing to do with the French Open: Her 10-month-old daughter, Shai, is taking her first…
May 26, 2024
Naomi Osaka marked her seventh appearance in Paris with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 first-round victory over Lucia Bronzetti.
May 25, 2024
Youth baseball nonprofit League 42 raised about $500,000 to replace Jackie Robinson's statue and enhance the site of the monument.
Angel Reese, wrist injury, Chicago Sky, WNBA, theGrio.com
May 24, 2024
Angel Reese is proud to be part of the stellar rookie class that is uplifting the WNBA. She is just somewhat…
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson
May 23, 2024
Jackson's somewhere between 200 and 299 pounds — not exactly a narrow range. Baltimore now lists their quarterback at 215…
Black Girls Tennis Club's adult clinic in partnership with Fort Green Tennis in Brooklyn, NY. Courtesy of Kimberly Seldon/ Black Girls Tennis Club.
May 23, 2024
Kimberly Selden, co-founder of Black Girls Tennis Club talks Black Girls Tennis Club and shifting court culture through sport.
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May 22, 2024
As part of its 65th-anniversary celebration, Barbie adds Venus Williams and more elite female athletes to its Role Models series.