Long before Jackie Robinson, Black jockeys dominated and changed horse racing
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
My First Time in Variety: Simon and Garfunkel’s Late Manager Mort Lewis On His Brush With Civil Rights History
In the '60s, booking music acts in the South was a dicey affair due to horrific Jim Crow-era laws discriminating against ...
Behind Nascar’s evolving strategy—what brands need to know
STP and Goody’s are among the brands made famous by Richard Petty and Nascar exposure. Earnhardt fans were known to be fierce Budweiser and Chevrolet loyalists. Strong associations exist today between ...
Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari F1 days captured in incredible new team video
The video captures Hamilton’s first day at the factory, when he met with various members of the team and took a tour of the facility, including seeing some of the team’s legendary cars. Then on the ...