The 2011 Fresh Coast Classic Championship team Lincoln University pose for a photo with Fresh Coast Classic organizers and their coach with the trophy. The 2011 Fresh Coast Classic MVP is Lincoln University’s Denzel Mooney #22. 2011 Fresh Coast Classic Scholarship Winners & presentation pictured above from (l-R) are; Dr. Thornton, MPS Superintendent, Dawn Barnett, [...]

By Heather Aldrich On first glance it may seem as if Fresh Coast Classic is merely a basketball tournament, but upon closer inspection, it’s clear that basketball is simply one of the many tools that The Running Rebels Community Organization utilizes to bring mentors into teenager’s lives. Their formula for success is simple: draw teens [...]

Charlie “Whip” Davis and Johnny Washington honored By Frederick Dakarai This past Saturday, July 9 marked the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6th Annual Negro League Tribute Game event. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the Brewers wore reproductions of uniforms worn by the Milwaukee Bears, the city’s 1923 representative in the Negro National League. The Cincinnati [...]

Charlie “Whip” Davis and Johnny Washington to be honored; Brewers and Reds to wear replica uniforms from the Negro Leagues Era The Milwaukee Brewers will host the franchise’s sixth annual Negro Leagues Tribute at Miller Park on Saturday, July 9 vs. the Cincinnati Reds at 6:10 p.m. As part of the Negro Leagues Tribute, the [...]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Brandon Jennings joined in on welcoming Stephen Jackson, an Oak Hill Academy alumnus from California to the Bucks team. Bringing Jackson on moves the team closer to bringing home the NBA title. Milwaukee and The Bucks welcome Stephen Jackson to the team. WOW! The emotional and passionate style of basketball will [...]

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig has been named to the adjunct faculty at Marquette University Law School as distinguished lecturer in sports law and policy. “Bud Selig is, without question, one of the most skilled and accomplished professionals in the sports industry today,” said Joseph D. Kearney, dean of Marquette Law School. [...]

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 [...]