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The sun was privileged to shine over Detroit Golf Club as it hosted the John Shippen Men's Invitational, Presented by Rocket Mortgage. The John Shippen was designed to showcase Black amateur and professional golfers, named after John Shippen Jr., A man born a slave and freed through the Civil War. John received a bachelor's degree from Howard University. He later on found a career across golf courses at different positions. John Shippen Jr is known for his tenure as the Head Pro at the Shady...
After nearly five years, Romulus High School brought back their varsity girls soccer team. Bringing the sport back was something the school had been trying to get off the ground for a minute. There were either not enough players, no one to coach them, or a mixture of the two. Luckily for the school, this time was different. Many girls flocked to join the team. The new head coach Dr. Wendy Pachota, 48, was ecstatic to coach the sport she's loved since her childhood. "I started playing when I was...
Chris Woods has been selected to play in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) All Star Game on June 18th at Comerica Park. He has been training for this moment his entire life. This is the East vs. West All Star Game of the top players in the state of Michigan. This honor has been bestowed upon only a select few and he has made the cut. Chris is a Senior at Ecorse High School and he played on the Varsity Ecorse Raiders baseball team for four years. He started playing...
Detroit was chosen by the NFL to host the 2024 Draft. The state of Michigan delivered epically. The city cleaned up well. Attendees would have assumed they were in Las Vegas or Mardi Gras with the traffic. Over 700,000 people were said to have been in attendance at the draft. With the Detroit Lions historic season, and Michigan's National title win the state has been spoiled in regards to football. The draft, its results, and the events surrounding it have intimately redefined Michigan's relatio...
World-class talent and business will meet in one space to shock the world to it's core. From April 25th to 27th, Detroit will be home to the 2024 NFL draft. The draft will change lives by bringing commerce to the city and the surrounding areas and allowing many young men to fulfill their professional football dreams. The city of River Rouge has snuck its way into the conversation. In recent history, the Panthers have become a national football powerhouse. Many have pursued fine careers after...
"Rouge," a full-length documentary by filmmaker Hamoody Jaafar, a Downriver native who tells not only the story of the 2020 team working toward the school's 15th state championship but also the history of River Rouge basketball and the lasting threads in the modern era. Highlights of the film - In the 1950s, legendary high school basketball coach Lofton Greene led the recently racially integrated River Rouge High School Panthers to a record number of state championships in a league of otherwise...
NEW YORK - March 19, 2024 - The 2024 NFL Draft presented by Bud Light is heading to Detroit for the first time. The three-day event will be free and open to fans in the downtown area surrounding the award-winning Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza from April 25 – April 27. Fans can now register for free entry by downloading the NFL OnePass app or on the web at NFL.com/DraftAccess. All adults are required to register but can also register up to five children to get into the event. "The NFL D...
Detroit Masters Swim Club, this year affectionately known as "Detroit 100" is a newly formed adult swim team, striding to increase minority involvement. Detroit and the surrounding areas have a long legacy of participating in the sport. In the late 1990's and early 2000's Detroit Public Schools hosted a program teaching elementary students swim lessons through volunteerism from the high school swim teams. Programs like that kept communities involved. Detroit 100 is focusing on bringing that...
River Rouge High School celebrates it's class of 2024 seniors. The district honors them on their home court, and wish them the best luck on their future success....
By the time I started swimming he was a legend, all of the older recreation coaches reverenced him. He was involved in many ice- breaking educational and recreation/sports activities in the state. He coached and mentored many of the black swim coaches around Detroit, including my high school swim coach, Ernie Rodgers at Northwestern High School. After his passing, around 1977 the Aquatics department of the city of Detroit paid homage to him, at the annual Gatliff Relays that was named in his...
For the past four years it has been easy to hear the name Nick Marsh. It was first heard on Detroit's east side and nurtured in the City of River Rouge. Where he spent his time as a student, and athlete for the Panthers. Flying high on the field and court. Nick's beginning is a humble one and it's just getting started. Marsh came to River Rouge in the eighth grade, making waves at STEM Academy with his presence. During that year he was able to adjust to the new environment and the unique...
DETROIT, Mich. (January 17, 2024) – Building on the momentum of a record-breaking Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear in the event's return to the Streets of Downtown Detroit in 2023, the Grand Prix's official volunteer organization is now accepting new member applications for 2024. The Detroit Grand Prix Association (DGPA) is looking for approximately 800 community-focused people to help host the popular May 31-June 2 event on the Streets of the Motor City. Volunteer information a...
NAACP President, Derrick Johnson, holds his Detroit Lions football in the air. He was presented the football during the Western Wayne County NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner by their Young Adult Chairperson Bernard Jackson and President Gina Wilson Steward. At the time, the Lions were 5 -1. Go Detroit Lions!!...
Eight & Nine Ball Billiards Tournament Champion at Kemeny Recreation Center is K.B. Steward, for the 2023 fall tournament. There were several participants involved and Mr. Steward came out on top as the King of Billiards for the Fall Tournament....
The High School Regionals Football games will be played this weekend. The schedule is here. Division 1 Regionals R1 Davison (11-0) 82.444 at Rockford (11-0) 85.667 @ Ted Carlson Stadium (Ted) - Rockford - S 6:00 PM R2 Northville (10-1) 78.667 at Belleville (11-0) 84.000 @ Belleville Stadium - S 1:00 PM R3 Clarkston (6-5) 62.111 at West Bloomfield (9-2) 77.556 @ West Bloomfield High School - F 7:00 PM R4 Southfield Arts &; Technology (10-1) 74.667 at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (9-2) 77.022...
Coco Gauff has etched her name in tennis history as she clinched the U.S. Open singles title, becoming the youngest player since Serena Williams’ historic victory in 1999 when she was just 17 years old. Gauff’s remarkable triumph came after an intense three-set battle against Aryna Sabalenka, with a final score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Amidst the crowd’s roar and the flashbulbs of countless cameras, Gauff stood on the iconic Arthur Ashe Stadium, her trophy shining brightly, and her victory speec...
With a man as physically big as Coach Eric Pettway, it would be impossible to say he lived in anyone's shadow. Coach Pettway is an accomplished man of his own merits. He had proved himself on the field in various levels of football, and got the chance to coach high school football. This was all before he made a home at River Rouge where he and a dear friend got to build a program of their liking, from the ground up. Over the years, Coach Pettway has grown himself to be more of a people person....
After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Griner's wife at the White House, where they spoke with the basketball player on the telephone. "She's safe. She's on a plane. She is on her way home," Biden declared. The Biden administration secured Griner's release after agreeing to a one-for-one prisoner swap that saw the president...
Detroit - -The American Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list of 40 eligible candidates for the Class of 2022 today. The 2022 class will be the 4th class to be inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame. The HOF has inducted 50 players into the HOF from the likes of former Boston Celtics Sam Jones, Harlem Globetrotter Legend Meadowlark Lemon, to the late great Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant. The goal of the American Basketball Hall of Fame is to honor the history of basketball on...
Serena Williams is giving tennis one last hurrah before hanging up her racket for good. With 23 Grand Slam titles and 192 career wins, Williams announced that she's retiring following next month's U.S. Open. "This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe. We're in my car, and she's holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes," Williams penned in the September 2022 issue of Vogue Magazine...
Zaniya King walked across the stage of River Rouge High School in June. She has been running across the country for quite some time now. In the 6th grade, King joined the track team. The coaches quickly recognized her talent, and encouraged the King family to consider track outside of middle school athletics. This encouraged Zaniya and her family to adapt to track on as a lifestyle. The 2022 River Rouge alumni joined AAU track, and was accepted with open arms into the Track Life family....
The National Football League announced today its partnership with Contract with Black America Institute, an economic inclusion-focused initiative led by artist and entrepreneur O'Shea Jackson, also known as Ice Cube. The CWBA and NFL partnership enhances the NFL's dedication to increasing economic equity and partnerships with Black owned businesses. The collaboration focuses on identifying League-wide opportunities in the financial, tech, and production sectors, with a concentration on...
Ecorse High School is going through a culture of change. From academics, to athletics, even down to the student culture. This is not the same land Red Raiders walked on fifty, twenty, or even five years ago. It seems as if a new set of commandments are becoming etched into stone. Ecorse has a man in its building dedicated to leading that change. He was offered an opportunity almost four years ago, and declared himself committed to the cause. Gerrod Abram was hired by Ecorse High School to coach...
"It was great, everything ran smoove, that boys came out and did what they were supposed to do. Which was to show up and work hard. Today it was just done in front of an important audience." Proclaims new River Rouge head football coach, Eric Pettway. His team did not disappoint, nor miss a beat. Panther Stadium held host to hundreds of college coaches. Each one curious to see the progress the Panthers have made during the off season. The offensive line proved itself to be a topic of interest. F...
One year after having no players selected in the NFL draft, HBCUs saw four players drafted on the last day of the 2022 NFL draft. Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders and a host of former HBCU players, including Grambling State legend and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams, have been using their platforms for the betterment of HBCU athletes, trumpeting a demand for the NFL to respect their talents. Joshua Williams of D-II Fayetteville State was the first HBCU player taken, in the fourth round w...
