Norfolk State University sprinter Kai Cole believed that running the 100-meter dash in 10.05 seconds at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in May would be a life-changer for him. Cole’s time was a personal best and put him in the rare company of other collegiate athletes whose times qualified them for...
On June 17, 2022 — Kendrick Lamar’s 35th birthday — Drake released Honestly, Nevermind. The house-music-inspired album carried the record “Massive,” featuring the salient melody, “I know my funeral gon’ be lit ’cause of how I treated people.” On June 19, two days after his 37th birthday, Lamar ensured those lyrics would never again be...
X Instagram TikTok Reese, drafted by the Chicago Sky no. 7 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft, is the only rookie to average a double-double on the season. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) To all the critics who doubted Angel Reese, rest assured she’s meant for this league. Not only is she destined to become...
According to a recent report, Coach Deion Sanders will do anything to ensure his son Shedeur’s success — even if that means threatening the Colorado football team to support his debut with Lil Wayne or be booted from the squad. A recent report from Athlon Sports surfaced alleging that Sanders forced players to attend an...
Clinton Yates takes readers inside all things around MLB’s first game in Birmingham, Alabama, at Rickwood Field — the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — What do you do when your favorite uncle dies at the family reunion? You cry. For the 7,866 fans who were in attendance on Tuesday night...
Clinton Yates takes readers inside all things around MLB’s first game in Birmingham, Alabama, at Rickwood Field — the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. Andscape senior columnist Clinton Yates explains Rickwood Field’s significance to baseball ahead of Thursday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, including the arrival of a...
The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 to win the 2024 NBA Finals, but it was Jayson Tatum’s rumored girlfriend, singer Ella Mai, and her baby bump that took center stage. On June 17, the Celtics power forward saved arguably his best performance for what turned out to be the deciding game of the...
Clinton Yates takes readers inside all things around MLB’s first game in Birmingham, Alabama, at Rickwood Field — the oldest professional ballpark in the United States. Editor’s note: The San Francisco Giants announced that Willie Mays died Tuesday afternoon at age 93. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Long after the curtain closed at the historic Carver Theatre...
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Six decades ago, within the walls of the low-slung brick facade of the A.G. Gaston Motel, one of the greatest threats ever seen to regular American life was brewing. Serving as base camp for many civil rights groups, the mere idea of giving Black people their dignity in public spaces was ready...
When Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson was born in 1919, Father’s Day was not a nationwide event and had only been in existence for nine years. He never got to celebrate one with his father. Jerry Robinson abandoned his family in 1920, leaving Mallie McGriff Robinson to raise Jackie and his four older...