Author: FirstandPen
FirstandPen
"First And Pen” was created to inform, inspire and connect through voices of color in sports, and is the sports media vertical of The Khanate Group. Our Mission: “We are first to the field and last to leave it, amplifying local sports stories from voices of color to the national conscience.”
We keep hearing about how NIL is destroying college athletics, but we don’t hear as much about athletes who put…
The ignorant students now await their punishment. Racists think they can perform their hateful antics with no consequence so they…
On Monday, Boardroom broke the story that the popular podcast, The Pivot, had signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Netflix, and starting on…
Racism blinds them from protecting their identity. Racists think their antics carry no consequence, but they’re all learning that eventually…
NABJ’s decision to give a thumbs down to Stephen A. Smith due to his “recurring public pattern of disparaging commentary directed at…
On Wednesday, longtime ESPN analyst Damien Woody revealed his time at the network had come to an end. Woody had…
Over the last few days, Enes Kanter and Royce White have exposed themselves as both fools and tools in their thirst for…
After 10 seasons in Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox great Tim Anderson has called it a career. Always a…
This week, teams across the NFL shelled out big bucks to sign keys players, but instead of paying quarterbacks and…
On Saturday evening, the Women’s Professional Baseball League (WPBL) made its long-awaited and highly anticipated debut when the NY Heights…
Last week, Robert Morris University (RMU) named Dr. Ron Moses as its new Vice President and Director of Athletics. Moses…
Fresh off of another highly successful “Black Women in Sports” event, this time across the pond in London, Diverse Representation is hosting a…