Black News Channel Names Former CNN Exec Princell Hair as CEO
Former NBC Sports Boston Senior VP to oversee African-American-targeted news network
Written by: R. THOMAS UMSTEAD
JUL 13, 2020
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Another Black woman has made history. This time, it’s in the ranks of ice hockey for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Kelsey Koelzer, the head coach for the women’s ice hockey team at Arcadia University, is the first Black person to coach the sport in the division. She started playing hockey at the age of four and she was often the only girl playing in a sport dominated by boys. She was told numerous times “girls don’t belong on the ice.” RELATED: Maia Chaka becomes first Black woman on NFL officiating staff As she got older, she started to […]Read more...
May 1st would have been Gianna “Gigi” Bryant’s 15th birthday. Her family honored her memory with a clothing line and fundraiser. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vanessa Bryant 🦋 (@vanessabryant) RELATED: Los Angeles honors Kobe, Gianna Bryant with public memorial The clothing line was sold in collaboration with the female-owned company Dannijo. Limited edition tie-dye unisex sweat sets were sold with the goal of raising money for the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation in honor of Gigi and her love for sports. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DANNIJO […]Read more...
By: Christina Santi The 2021 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday evening in Cleveland, Ohio. COVID-19 has changed the traditional pre-NFL Draft process, including the elimination of the NFL Scouting Combine. The global pandemic put the fall season of HBCU football on pause. However, the HBCU Combine took on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham on April 9, allowing 42 prospects from both the 2020 and 2021 classes to be scouted for the NFL. BNC primetime sports anchor Anthony Amey spoke with the network about the top prospects from Black Colleges and Universities. He believes Grambling State’s offensive lineman David Moore and North Carolina […]Read more...
Following nearly a year of renewed protest against racial discrimination and police brutality, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintains its ban on athletes protesting at ceremonies, podiums, and inside stadiums. The IOC said that athletes who take a knee or raise their fists supporting racial equality would be punished at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. The committee’s Rule 50 bans any “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” in venues and any other area of the Olympics, Al Jazeera reported. Kirsty Coventry, the head of the IOC’s Athletes Commission, told Al Jazeera that 70% of athletes that the IOC spoke to […]Read more...
The sports community is mourning the loss of 19-year-old Terrence Clarke, who died Thursday after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles. According to the University of Kentucky Athletics Department, Clarke recently finished his freshman year at the school and he was preparing for the 2021 NBA Draft after signing with Klutch Sports. We are devastated to learn of our own Terrence Clarke’s tragic passing. Our hearts are heavy for Terrence, his family and all of us who loved him.https://t.co/u81DDOszPa — Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) April 23, 2021 According to WKYT, the Los Angeles Police Department said he was traveling at a […]Read more...
