Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

Johnson was a target of racial hostility, his actions demonized to “protect” white womanhood from Black masculinity.

2014 — Novak Djokovic wins his second Wimbledon title and denies Roger Federer his record eighth by holding off the Swiss star in five sets. Djokovic wastes a 5-2 lead in the fourth set but holds on ...

2002 — Venus and Serena Williams win in straight sets to set up their third title match at a major in 10 months — and the first all-sister Wimbledon final since 1884. Top-seeded Venus, the two-time ...

Independence Day is typically filled with pyrotechnics celebrating America, and many athletes have used the Fourth of July to ...

Writer and boxing historian Kieran Mulvaney presents the best American boxer, decade by decade, in celebration of US ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs was convicted Wednesday of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex ...

115 years ago today, Jack Johnson’s victory over America’s “Great White Hope” caused over 20 people to be killed in riots all ...

Sporting events on the calendar in July include MLB — notably the All-Star Game — the NBA Summer League, the British Grand ...

Alexandre Pantoja surpasses Demetrious Johnson as the new UFC flyweight GOAT with record-breaking wins, submissions, and ...