The Fresh Coast Classic Basketball Tournament today announced that the following Historically Black Colleges and Universities will participate in the 2010 basketball tournament: Bowie State University (Bowie, MD), Clark-Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA), Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC) and St. Paul College (Lawrenceville, VA) will compete for this year’s championship title. Scheduled to take place [...]

Riverside, Rufus King alumni held their inaugural Flag Football Game event to honor graduates last weekend on July 24. Pictured above are members of the Riverside team. The game was modeled after the North and Lincoln high school alumni basketball game, which has been a community staple for more than 35 years. (Photo by Robert [...]

The Gilbert Brown Foundation and AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers teamed up again to hold a free football camp for youth at North Division High School in Milwaukee that took place earlier this week July 13 through July 15. This is the fifth year that Gilbert Brown is offering the All-Pro Football Camp in Wisconsin. Gilbert Brown’s [...]

By Frederick Dakarai I have grown to love the annual Negro League Tribute game by the Milwaukee Brewers which started in 2006. As a re-born baseball fan (2005), I have had the honor and privilege to meet some of the great players of the Negro Leagues and hear many of their hilarious and at-times disheartening [...]

Ollie Brantley and Clinton “Butch” McCord to be honored The Milwaukee Brewers will host the franchise’s annual ‘Negro Leagues Tribute’ at Miller Park on Saturday, May 29 vs. the New York Mets at 6:10 p.m. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the Brewers will wear reproductions of uniforms worn by the Milwaukee Bears, the [...]

One of the signals of the arrival of Spring and the beginning of Summer is the beginning of Little League season. Little League coach, Jimmy Hughes marched down Brown Street recently along with members of his team the Minors Grays and their families and friends to Johnson Park for their first game. Little League baseball [...]

Event will highlight college and high school basketball talent Milwaukee Public Schools and the Fresh Coast Classic organization will be joining forces for the 2010 Fresh Coast Basketball Classic (FCBC). Milwaukee Public Schools’ City/Suburban Holiday Classic and the Fresh Coast Basketball Classic will unite in 2010 to highlight the best of each event. The 2010 [...]

Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings has been named to the 2009-10 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, the league announced today. Jennings, along with Sacramento’s Tyreke Evans and Golden State’s Stephen Curry, received 29 First Team votes as a unanimous selection to the squad. New Orleans’ Darren Collison and Chicago’s Taj Gibson round out the First [...]

George Koonce, UWM Athletic Director and former Green Bay Packer defensive standout who starred with the team from 1992 to 1999, will be honored at the “MARCH OF CHAMPIONS,” Sunday, March 28, 2010 at the Mother Kathryn Daniels Conference Center (MKDCC). Koonce, who gained renown as an integral member of the Pack Super Bowl championship [...]

By Frederick Dakarai It was my honor to have recently met Milwaukee native, Montaous Walton, who has been signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League camp by the Minnesota Twins. Walton blew me away with his bright smile and positive attitude about life. We talked about forty five minutes and [...]