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The football world received some terrible news Saturday morning with reports that three former college players and high school teammates were killed in an auto accident, including the NFL’s Khyree Jackson. The former Oregon cornerback was a fourth-round selection by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2024 NFL Draft. He was 24.
Cash, who retired from the league in 2016, was the second draft pick overall in the WNBA 2002 draft and was picked up by the Detroit Shock. During her career, she played for other teams such as Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream, and New York Liberty over 15 years, and joined the U.S. Women’s National Team to win two Olympic gold medals (2004, 2012). After her basketball career, Cash went on to secure a leadership position in 2017 as the Liberty’s director of franchise development. In June 2019, New Orleans Pelicans Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin announced that she would be hired as the team’s vice president of basketball operations and team development by the New Orleans Pelicans, Yahoo Sports reports.
In its third year partnering alongside the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative has matched students across 21 medical schools, including four programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), with NFL club medical staffs to participate in clinical rotations centered around sports medicine and/or orthopedic surgery for one month.
The Miami Heat selected center Kel’el Ware from the University of Indiana with their 15th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, injuries to key American gymnasts have ended the hopes and dreams of Shilese Jones, Skye Blakeley and Kayla Dicello, all sidelined with significant lower extremity injuries. Jones, a favorite to make the Olympics team, was injured during the first rotation at trials, making it uncertain if she would be able to continue competing. Dicello, last year’s Pan American Games all-around champion, was a strong contender to make the U.S. team in Paris.
Naomi Osaka won her first Wimbledon match in six years Monday, defeating French player Diane Parry.
Dean, the offensive MVP of the Rattlers’ 30-26 win over MEAC champion Howard University in the Celebration Bowl, was the victim of a robbery when last Monday, someone went into his car and stole his Southwestern Athletic Conference championship ring.
The late James Tullis was born 83 years ago today. Tullis is pictured during his freshman year at Florida A&M in 1960. Tullis is wearing a special jersey worn only for the Orange Blossom Classic. A 1959 graduate of Miami Northwestern High School, Tullis was the first of many great football players to come from one of city’s most storied high school programs. He went on to become a 2-time Black College All American quarterback at Florida A&M from 1960 to 1963. Although he was one of the finest quarterbacks in the nation, he was drafted as a safety by the Chicago Bears. Tullis never got an opportunity to play in the NFL. Unfortunately, the league wasn’t ready for a black quarterback in the early 1960s. He was likely the best football player most people in Miami never saw. Photo from James Tullis Facebook page.
With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, injuries to key American gymnasts have ended the hopes and dreams of Shilese Jones, Skye Blakeley and Kayla Dicello, all sidelined with significant lower extremity injuries. Jones, a favorite to make the Olympics team, was injured during the first rotation at trials, making it uncertain if she would be able to continue competing. Dicello, last year’s Pan American Games all-around champion, was a strong contender to make the U.S. team in Paris.