black-history-month - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights



A Ban On Black Players Cost The NFL Its Most Exciting Quarterback
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Greg Howard. ...

Russell Wilson: The Curse Of The "Good Negro"
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. ...

The Bittersweet Legacy Of Steve McNair
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Billy Haisley. ...

Why Doug Williams Matters
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is by Greg Howard....

Randall Cunningham: The Author Of NFL's Greatest Individual Play
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks....

The Big Book Of Black Quarterbacks
On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks walked all over the Denver Broncos, 43-8, to win Super Bowl XLVIII. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 206 yards, ran for 26 more, threw two touchdowns, and made National Football League history. He became the second African-American quarterback ever to st...

ESPN Urges Facebook Users To Celebrate Black History Month, With Predictable Results
We don't know why ESPN is posting a plea on Facebook for the celebration of Black History Month. Black History Month is, after all, nearly 75% over. (Maybe ESPN was consumed with celebrating Michael Jordan's birthday.) Also curious is ESPN's use of American sport's most notoriously racist franchise...
