February 3rd, 2019Until Jordan Greenway took to the ice for the US men's ice hockey team in Pyeongchang, the program had never had an African-American player on its Olympic roster. It's shocking it took so long, even with players such as Mike Grier, Seth Jones, Dustin Byfuglien and Kyle Okposo. But, what's even more shocking is that it took more than 23...
January 16th, 2012Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist
If anyone asks a sports fan who the first African-American to play Major League Baseball was, that fan will inevitably say Jackie Robinson. Unfortunately for pioneers in the other major professional sports, like Charlie Sifford on the PGA Tour and Charles Follis in the NFL, they aren't as well...
