In 2020, he was named assistant general manager for the Florida Panthers, making history as the first Black National Hockey League (NHL) executive to hold the title. Now Peterson has done it again, recently appointed as the first Black manager of the United States NHL menâs national team, The Grio reports.
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âI am the first generation to go to college, and itâs a great feeling. Where Iâm from, many people donât go to college. My grandfather grew up on a farm and stopped going to school in the second grade, so the background Iâve come from is just like, âwow, Iâm actually here in college doing this.â
 The more than 106,000-square foot building, a masterpiece by any architectural standard, sits on 30 acres that overlooks the PGAâs sprawling campus at 1916 PGA Parkway in the town of Frisco.
    For tennis superstar Serena Williams, giving birth to her baby, it turned out, was a test for how loud and how often she would have to call out before finally being heard.
    The 49-year-old pro played in the APGA Tourâs first-ever event in 2010 and remains on top of his game as he eyes possible opportunities with the PGA TOUR Champions following his 50th birthday on August 3.
    A Washington football legend who made eight Pro Bowls and was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984, Charley Taylor has passed away at the age of 80.
    The CIAA basketball tournament is one of the biggest events in all of HBCU sports every year. The historic all-HBCU athletic conference crowns a champion in front of some of the most unique fans in the country.
    The attention and spotlight on HBCU sports are at one of their highest points in recent history. A huge reason for that is the influx of former professional athletes taking head coaching jobs at these institutions and providing their guidance and expertise to the next generation.
    The most annoying type of racist white person is the type that pretends ignorance, not racism, is what they were guilty of. For example, a washcloth-reluctant person would have had to spend their entire Caucasian life living under a rock that also lives under a rock in order to not be aware of the historically racist association of Black people to monkeys.
Paul said the goal was to increase the visibility of HBCUs by hosting them in an NBA arena on national TV.
    âI [was] so excited for the chance to give these players the opportunity to experience something not usually available to HBCU student-athletes and compete on a national stage,â Paul said in a statement.