Magic Johnson interested in forced LA Clippers sale
Magic Johnson is at the center of the racism scandal surrounding the LA Clippers owner…
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Knicks Fire Coach Mike Woodson After Lost Season
BY BRIAN MAHONEY, AP BASKETBALL WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Woodson was fired as…
Prizefighter Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Dies at 76
(AP) Rubin “Hurricane” Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his…
Pacquiao Beats Bradley by Decision in Rematch
BY GREG BEACHAM, AP SPORTS WRITER LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nearly two years later, Manny…
Jets Sign Former Titans RB Chris Johnson
BY DENNIS WASZAK JR., AP SPORTS WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — Always fast on the field,…
Hammerin’ Hank Aaron Receives Hate Mail
Tuesday was Jackie Robinson Day, and all around the league teams and players paid tribute…
Lacey Holsworth Dies, Long-time Friendship with MSU’s Adreian Payne
Eight-year-old Lacey Holsworth died Tuesday night after a 3-year battle with…
UMASS Basketball Player Announces He’s Gay
BY HOWARD ULMAN, AP SPORTS WRITER Derrick Gordon had kept his secret for too long. He…
Wolves’ Cunningham Arrested for 2nd Time in 3 Days
MEDINA, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Dante Cunningham was arrested…
Longtime Educator Dies
James Calvin Goss transcended this life on Fri., March 28 with his wife, Sylvia E.…
Therapeutic Sports Ministry Seeks Players
Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in St. Petersburg is seeking participants…
Lake Maggiore Gators Youth Sports Launches
Anthony Hart is enthusiastic to launch Lake Maggiore Gators Youth Sports, a new youth…
Rick Gee Goes Home
It is with a heavy heart that The Weekly Challenger family has to say goodbye to one of…
Baseball & the Segregated South
A Mecca for baseball’s spring training since 1914, St. Petersburg in 1961 became a…
Reviving America’s Pastime: Baseball
Thomas M. English, the self-proclaimed “New Father of African-American Baseball,” is…
Soccer Kicks Off in Childs Park
Landon Donovan. David Beckham. Pele. These soccer greats all had to start somewhere, and…