Fowler Poised to Be First Black NFL Owner
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Poised and proud to become the NFL's first black owner, Reggie Fowler is ready to buy the Minnesota Vikings from Red McCombs.
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Sylvester Croom, the Southeastern Conference's first black head football coach, is ready to start the season and rebuild Mississippi State.
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Pro football wouldnât be what it is now if it hadnât been for Lamar Hunt, who not only founded the American Football League in 1959, but also negotiated the 1966 merger that created the Super Bowl.
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A public relations firm representing prospective Minnesota Vikings owner Reggie Fowler issued a revised "fact sheet" on Fowler Wednesday after questions were raised about the accuracy of an official biography.
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Three years ago, Tyrone Willingham was heralded as a champion for all black football coaches after being given the responsibility of returning the Notre Dame football program to among the nationâs elite.
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TORONTO - After the Celtics drafted the first African-American in NBA history in 1950, owner Walter Brown said, "I don't give a damn if he's striped, plaid, or polka-dot! Boston takes Chuck Cooper of Duquesne."
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Receiver Eric Moulds is all for team owner Ralph Wilson&#39;s suggestion that the Buffalo Bills open up their passing attack. &quot;I think we&#39;ve got the players to open it up,&quot; Moulds said, Thursday.
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The next coach of the Baltimore Ravens will be pressed to produce as quickly as his predecessor, who won a Super Bowl in his second season on the job.
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Three years ago, Notre Dame made a historic move when it named Tyrone Willingham the first African-American head football coach in the school's history.
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - The image of three men  huddled together in the euphoria following the New England  Patriots's 24-21 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles  will be remembered as the defining moment of the NFL's newest  dynasty, and perhaps its end.
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The number of black head coaches in the National Football League has more than doubled -- from three to a record seven -- since the league began requiring teams in 2003 to interview minority candidates for coaching vacancies.
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After months of free agency, draft analysis, the election of a new commissioner and the grind of preseason camps, the N.F.L. season begins with the Pittsburgh Steelers playing host to the Miami Dolphins.
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Louisiana State Coach Nick Saban finally decided to make the leap to the NFL as a head coach on Saturday, prompting a holiday celebration at the home of the Miami Dolphins&#39; owner, Wayne Huizenga.
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Two months after commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced his retirement, NFL owners are finally buckling down to the task of finding a replacement.
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Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy, who last year became the first black head coach to win a Super Bowl, will coach at least one more season before retiring, he announced Monday.
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TAMPA - When the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released today, expect the first step in a season-long Ute Movement.
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Reggie White was fond of saying God told him to go to Green Bay in 1993 to sack both sin and quarterbacks. White was the first big-time free agent to switch teams, shocking