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.”
At the start of the season, many “experts” picked the Steelers to finish last in the AFC North and predicted…
Toronto, one of the WNBA’s newest franchises, now has a name- the Toronto Tempo. Tens of thousands of fans submitted names for…
Stephen A. Smith might not be ESPN’s highest-paid talent, but he is the most important and dominant talent at the company,…
Cleveland’s original WNBA franchise, The Rockers, was last seen in the city in 2003 but folded after seven years of operation due…
Late last week, college football media erupted through the news that Colorado’s Deion Sanders and Michigan’s Sherrone Moore flipped two of the top players…
In April 2021, Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans legend Eddie George was introduced as the new head football coach of the Tennessee St. Tigers.…
Over the last few months, a student-athlete on the San Jose State women’s volleyball team has been accused of being…
Say what you want about Russell Westbrook, but you can never say that he doesn’t hustle and give everything on…
After the farce of a “fight” between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on Friday night, it’s clear that Jake Paul…
Deion Sanders is no stranger to attention for he is a lightning rod for it-deserved, unwarranted and self-generated. When he was…
There’s nothing like coming home, and Albany, NY native Charles Guthrie will have that experience as he returns to his…
The underwhelming and boring Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson “fight”, further marred by Netflix’s massive streaming failure, was a spectacle…