Nor could Jean's name be found in digitized yearbooks, alumni magazines or local ... a select group of pro football players. He's "one of the now '13' African-American professional football ...

And given that around 75% of the league’s players were African American, it appeared to be a Black crisis. Cobbs’s exposé came in the wake of the well-publicized drug-related arrests of ...

Major League Baseball celebrates the 69th anniversary Friday of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, and while the number of African-American players on teams remain near historic low ...

Major League Baseball, which will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day throughout every ballpark Wednesday, is represented by only 7.8% of African-Americans among the 868 players on the opening-day ...

Fifty-two players for the Astros and Phillies. Not a single one of African American heritage. For a league that annually celebrates Jackie Robinson, who became the first Black player in the sport ...

Sheffield In an interview with GQ magazine that's currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers designated hitter said Latin players have replaced African-Americans as baseball's most ...

While the percentage of African American players in MLB has dwindled from 20 percent to less than 8 percent, hardly any have ...

It’s a learning experience for the foundation’s players, many of whom are African American. They watch documentaries and movies like the Jackie Robinson biopic “42,” and take turns asking ...

The NBA has been dominated by black players since the 1990s. According to statistica.com, the league has 71.8% African-American athletes. This is followed by Caucasians at 17.4%. Players of ...

“But there is help on the way. You can tell by the number of African American No. 1 draft choices. The academies are producing players. So hopefully in the near future, we won’t have to talk ...