Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished ...

A bipartisan funding bill passed by a wide margin in the House of Representatives Thursday, Jan. 22 includes about $7 million ...

2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest total in NBA history — and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104.

Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster and Lena Horne were among the stars who appeared for MLK and civil rights.

Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Sweeny Murti at MLB.com wrote about a game at Dodger Stadium 56 years ago that ...

Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones joined baseball’s elite when they earned induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

A person who took part in some of the civil rights battles Dr. King encouraged us to do in a non-violent way and who died on ...

A Hall of Fame is, by definition, a ranking of the best players to ever play the sport. We know from past research that ...

If we’re going to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., let’s remember how he lived and what he fought for, not where his life ...

The Wendelstedt Umpire School traces its roots to 1938 in Cocoa, where Bill McGowan first began training umpires for ...

George Johnson covers the NHL for the Calgary Sun. His Western Conference column appears every week during the season on ESPN ...