By Andrew Maraniss, The Undefeated
In the decades to come, Jesse Owens’s record-setting performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the gold medals he won in the 100-meter sprint, 200-meter sprint, long jump, and 4×100 relay would be celebrated as...
by Kelley Evans
Deion Sanders knew all about success.
He had won two Super Bowls and appeared in a World Series. He’d become a father, made a lot of money, even released an album.
Yet in 1997 at the prime of it...
Time for change: We won't be defeated - an extended conversation.
WASHINGTON — Earth, Wind & Fire was a definitive part of LL Cool J’s childhood soundtrack in Queens, New York. Now he was hosting the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors, which featured the landmark ensemble as one of its...
By Jesse Washington, The Undefeated
Jim Brown is getting lambasted for the same thing the black community used to praise him for: defiant action to uplift African-Americans, by any means necessary.
Last week, Brown met with President Donald Trump and Kanye...
John “Pops” Witherspoon was black as hell. Or as Ice Cube put it, “Life won’t be as funny without him.”
He’s right. It won’t.
The legendary actor and comedian died at his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home on Oct. 29 at the...
Lisa Roberts was always high-energy and athletic. Growing up in Boston and Palatka, Florida, she played basketball and volleyball and ran track. She then joined the Army, where she trained as a mechanic, hooped and played flag football and...
There’s an oft-repeated story that Richard Williams mapped out the path to tennis stardom for his daughters —Venus and Serena — before they were conceived.
That wasn’t quite the case for Corey and Candi Gauff, but the two realized their...
I don’t remember when it started. But I’ll always remember when she called for the end, in writing. As far as I know, only the two of us knew. It went on for months, mainly at school but sometimes...
BRADENTON, Fla. — At IMG Academy in Florida, it’s really not that different from any other high school in suburban America. Well, except for the world-class sports and training facilities, hyperspecialized athletes, tremendous student-teacher ratio and national recognition. Other...