Disgraced former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden swore he is not racist on Friday, Oct. 8.

Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace has always shown promise on the demanding circuit. On Monday, Oct. 4 he fulfilled that promise by winning the first race of his career.

Lewis Hamilton notched his 100th Formula 1 victory with a triumph at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi on Sunday, Sept. 26, with a blend of strategy and sound driving.

World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR) in Madison, Ill., just east of downtown St. Louis, has been awarded a June 5, 2022, race date, and millions of racing fans can tune in to watch the demanding race on the 1.25-mile oval track.

US National cycling champion Justin Williams will compete in the Gateway Cup events in St. Louis over the Labor Day weekend. Williams, a Belizean American cyclist who is Black, has won 11 US national championships. Races will be held in Lafayette Park, Francis Park, The Hill and Benton Park …

Playing a sport means being told what to do. If you can’t get with that, your career is going to be short lived.

The St. Louis Rams first game in 1995 after departing Los Angeles was at Green Bay. They beat the Packers. 17-14.

There are two distinct connections between St. Louis and newly hired Washington Wizards coach Wes Unseld, Jr.

First-year Tennessee State University head coach Eddie George was a guest on ESPN’s “First Take” last week as the show starring Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim Rose would broadcast live from Memphis Sept. 10.

Major League Baseball moved its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in response to draconian voter restriction laws targeting African Americans passed by the state of Georgia.

It is one thing to roll your ankle or pull a muscle during an NBA Playoff series and miss multiple games.

Current campaign could help

I have shared this thought here, on radio and television. It is not breaking news.

Most Americans and I had never heard of the Yurchenko double pike in gymnastic vaulting events until last Saturday at the U.S. Classic in Indianapolis.

The Missouri legislature did at least one thing right during its 2021 session.

Albert Pujols was, and probably still is, quite arrogant when it comes to his baseball ability.

The immediate past POTUS declared the NFL dead in fall of 2017. Like so many other of his acts and prognostications, he was wrong.

When outfielder Justin Williams landed a spot on the St. Louis Cardinals 25-man opening-day roster, he helped make his team an oddity in Major League Baseball.

If not for starter Jack Flaherty, the St. Louis Cardinals’ slow start could be worse.

Baylor put a beat down on undefeated Gonzaga to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship. Stanford won a thrilling game against underdog Arizona to capture the women’s title.

I am happy I was wrong.

In response to “The Big Lie” pawned off by a lawfully deposed former president, the state of Georgia has passed several laws designed to reduce ballots cast by Black voters.

Of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s “Sweet 16” teams, just three have Black head coaches. Unfortunately, two must match off for the right to move to the Elite Eight.

The New Orleans Pelicans became the first major sports franchise in America to announce “some” of its players and staff had received a first vaccination shot.

St. Louis Blues rookie Dakota Joshua scored a key goal in his team’s 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks last week and became one of a growing number of NHL players of color.

Tiger Woods and his SUV took a horrific tumble down a Los Angeles area hill more than a week ago. He is alive and reportedly doing as well as expected.

February 15, 1978.

Of the seven NFL head coaching positions available at the close of the 2020 season, just two minority candidates were hired.

When 13-year-old me awoke on April 8, 1974, the evening could not arrive quick enough.

Willie O’Ree, NHL’s first Black player, will finally have his No. 22 retired in Boston.

The college football season ended Monday night with Alabama thrashing Ohio State in the national title game. While it was a blowout, the biggest NCAA football loser this season was diversity.

The NFL did not shy away from backing Black Lives Matter, pledging money and resources in support of people and communities of color and joining the NBA in advocating for record voter registration and action.

May St. Louis Cardinals fans learn to appreciate the brilliance of young ace Jack Flaherty and stop the constant attacks because he supports Black Lives Matter and other social causes.

Dick Allen, my favorite baseball player of all time, died on Dec. 7.

Bradley Beal has probably always been “the star” of his basketball team.

A gentleman named Burl Toler was hired as a full-time official by the NFL in 1965, making him the first Black official/referee in an American major sport. In 1980, the late Toler became the first Black official to work in a Super Bowl.

For the first time since moving back to St. Louis in 1995, it won't be over the river and through the woods to my mom's house for Thanksgiving. Actually, it's a short drive across Kirkwood.

The NFL pulled a crafty escape move when it comes to hiring more minority head coaches, assistant coaches and general managers last week.

Lewis Hamilton became the most victorious driver in Formula One history following his dominant 92nd career win in last Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.

For the first time in a long time I went to a church service last Sunday afternoon.

Had the game not been segregated, the late Satchel Paige would probably be known as the greatest Black pitcher in Major League Baseball history.

If you met the late Gale Sayers, and I had that privilege several times, your first thought might have been "this guy did all that?"

For a guy that has never won a NASCAR race, Bubba Wallace has become a racing star.