• A number of African Americans have tried to buy NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball teams. Only two have become majority owners, while others became limited partners, and some invested in other pro sports.

    Black Owners of Professional Sports Teams
  • The city that has suffered through bleak times elects a new mayor and grabs a Super Bowl trophy in a single weekend.

    A Double Win for New Orleans
  • It is common knowledge that a majority of players in the National Football League are black. Less noticed is the fact that the league is home to a growing number who are native-born Africans or children of African immigrants. They hail from Ghana to Nigeria to Uganda, and several in this photo gallery are in the 2010 playoffs. 

    African NFL Players
  • With more than half the NFL’s season gone, the New Orleans Saints are still undefeated. Can they run the table?

    The New Orleans Saints Are Undefeated. Can They Run the Table?
  • The winners and losers of the lost Limbaugh NFL ownership bid.

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says No to Rush Limbaugh Owning the St. Louis Rams
  • Going into today's game against Kansas City, the Dallas Cowboys are 2-2, and maybe the most disappointed, if not disappointing, team in the NFL, at least by Dallas standards. Will head coach Wade Phillips be the first NFL coach to be fired this year?

    NFL Football: The Trouble with the Dallas Cowboys
  • After only three weeks can we really tell anything important about the NFL's undefeated teams or the ones who have yet to win a game?

  • Michael Crabtree may never recover from his decision to hold out for what will probably be less money.

    Michael Crabtree's Rookie Mistake
  • A look at three scenarios that will define NFL 2009.

    The NFL Regular Season Begins: Are You Ready for Some Football?
  • After suffering a career-ending knee injury in a 1952 college All-Star game, Burl Toler turned to officiating and was hired by the NFL in 1965...

    First Black Ref in NFL Passes Away
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