It’s becoming routine. Since 2006, Black quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy seven times and have been close to winning on many other occasions. The trend is likely to continue this season with one of the top-tier candidates having Virginia …

For the first time since 1950, there are zero African-American players on either World Series 26-man opening roster.

If Richmond-area baseball fans are looking for a “hometown hero,” the Houston Astros offer two choices.

Jada Byers keeps a rockin.’ The Panthers keep a rollin.’

Hampton University is finding out, the hard way, why the Colonial Athletic Association ranks with the nation’s toughest FCS conferences.

Hampton University’s Byron Perkins has become the first HBCU football player to announce he is gay.

There are thousands of college football players but probably only one Jordan Davis.

HBCU’s have produced an impres- sive list of pro football, basketball, baseball and track stars. But golf?

Games to date; next game

Jackson State is having perhaps its greatest football season on the field and at the ticket booth, but how good is Coach Deion Sanders’ third edition of the Tigers?

The Woo Woos, Virginia State University’s cheerleading squad, was temporarily suspended from Trojans football games as the result of a complaint that veterans were hazing new members, the Free Press has learned. However, the suspension already has been lifted as …

Nurses often ask patients “how much does it hurt on a scale of one to 10?”

There’s a new sheriff in town in the CIAA North.

Games to date; next game

Richmond boxing phenom Jermoine Royster boosted his pro boxing record to 3-0 with a third round TKO in his most recent bout.