Based in the United States, the NWSL is home to quality players from around the world, including some African stars, like ...

Oliver is the earliest known African American to play in a senior league soccer match, in 1894; Fred and set a precedent when ...

Learn about the significant contributions of African-Americans to basketball, including their rise to prominence in the NBA, ...

It was the first season UW's teams were called the Huskies. The '23 squad included the first African American football player and first African American letterman at UW, halfback Hamilton Greene.

He wasn't the first African-American to take to an American pro soccer field, not by a stretch. Nor was he the first Black player to make a significant impact on the field for the U.S. national team.

For certain, young African Americans see the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves uber-athletic guard Anthony Edwards and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens astonishing quarterback Lamar Jackson as representations ...

and progress within the soccer community. "It is so important to recognize the ongoing work that Black Players for Change has done and will continue to do for the African American community," said ...

Here is a look at some of the greatest athletes, moments and accomplishments in African-American sports history.

Professional soccer has a long history in Pawtucket. And Rhode Island FC is adding to it in just a few weeks. The club opens its season on March 15, with the debut of The Stadium at Tidewater ...