National Sports Beat by Brad Pye, Jr. (9/8-9/16/16)
September 9, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
Serena Williams
National Sports Beat (9/1-9/7/16)
September 2, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
National Sports Beat
July 14, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
‘Serena I know was back’: Williams gets to 22 at Wimbledon
July 10, 2016
the process of getting Serena Williams ready to win Wimbledon for a record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title began with a series of chats over the phone not long after her loss in the French Open final.
NATIONAL SPORTS BEAT (June 30 – July 6)
June 30, 2016
Notes, quotes and things picked up the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
NATIONAL SPORTS BEAT
April 6, 2016
Notes, quotes, and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Top Sports Moments of the Year
December 30, 2015
11)The fight for racial inequality at the University of Missouri reached a pivotal moment when 30 members of the Mizzou Football team refused to participate in practices and other team activities until Tim Wolfe the president of the University resigned. Black students had expressed their campus experiences to Wolfe, but Wolfe remained indifferent to their complaints. The protest of the players caused Wolfe and chancellor R. Bowen Loftin to resign. 10) The Carolina Panthers were the last team to go undefeated in the NFL during the 2015-16 season. Quarterback Cam Newton made 33 touchdown passes and ran in 8 touchdowns.
Top 9 moments that had “Black Twitter” Wired Up in 2015
December 29, 2015
Everything is better with memes and when you think about the Meek Mill vs. Drake beef you can’t help but think of the jokes that followed. The beef started when rapper Meek Mill aka “Mr. Twitter Fingers” started a series of tweets aimed at rapper Drake for allegedly using a ghostwriter.
This Week in Black History (September 24)
September 23, 2015
This week in Black History
Serena Williams: ‘There’s still a lot I want to win, but I’m no spring chicken’
August 19, 2015
Williams is seeded first and the defending champion at the Western & Southern Open, a warmup for the US Open.
Serena Williams Wins Wimbledon 2015 Championship, Making her the Oldest Female Grand Slam Winner
July 15, 2015
As of Saturday, Serena Williams is now the oldest women’s grand slam winner in the Open Era. Williams’s keeps stacking up her accomplishments, as if it wasn’t enough for her to be the oldest grand slam winner exceeding Martina Navratilova, Williams also achieved her goal of another “Serena Slam.”
Serena Williams beats sister Venus Williams in the 2015 Wimbledon quarterfinals
July 8, 2015
This is one step closer to the second ‘Serena Slam’ of her career.
This Week in Black History (July 2)
July 2, 2015
(July 2) 2001- Robert Tools became the first recipient in the world to receive an AbioCor, a self contained artificial heart, at Saint Thomas hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
BET Awards 2015: A night filled with reunions, tributes and laughs
July 2, 2015
The 2015 BET Awards red carpet and show was hot. I’m not just talking about the actual weather, but the celebrity outfits, interviews and performances. The Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles’ L.A. Live was thriving with some of entertainment’s heaviest hitters.