James Franklin’s Penn State program should be a solid favorite in its Big Ten road opener vs. UCLA in early October. The Nittany Lions’ second game away from Beaver Stadium figures to be one of the ...

The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...

The debut novel circles a number of themes, including race, class and sexuality, providing the author an opportunity for ...

Many of the most prominent Black names in the business, from the NFL and college, were invited speakers. Among the headline speakers in the series of Zoom meetings that summer was James Franklin ...

Would a victory in the Capital One Orange Bowl validate the James Franklin era at ... season – the first matchup between black coaches at that level. Franklin was an up-and-coming offensive ...

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41 ... “The first Super Bowl featuring a Black head coach at all, let alone two,” Franklin said. “Dungy became the first Black coach to win a ...

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears, a game the Colts won 29-17 on Feb. 4, 2007.

The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl – either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman – will have a chance to become the first Black ...

College football will see its first Black head coach guide his team to the national championship game at the highest level of the game with either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s ...

Franklin and Freeman are among 16 Black head coaches at the FBS level and on January 20 one will be coaching for a National Championship, looking to add to the history they make Thursday night.

The split in men’s basketball is 59.6% Black or two-race players and 24.8% Black head coaches. Both Franklin and Freeman are mixed race; Franklin’s mother is white, and Freeman’s mom is Korean.

The split in men’s basketball is 59.6% Black or two-race players and 24.8% Black head coaches. Both Franklin and Freeman are mixed race; Franklin’s mother is white, and Freeman’s mom is Korean.