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.”
The NCAA has long maintained a stranglehold over college athletes, oftentimes preventing them from participating in athletics while they were…
Less than two weeks ago, Ryan Clark fans were saddened when the up-and-coming media star announced that his contract with…
“Very seldom does somebody get to do what no one has done,” said longtime sports journalist, Rob Parker. When that…
I am and have been a fan of Shannon Sharpe and what he has accomplished and become. As a seventh-round pick out…
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On Monday, the Brooklyn Nets startled the NBA community by firing head coach, Jacque Vaughn. Vaughn joined the Nets as…
In October 2019, NBA veterans Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson launched the “All The Smoke” podcast and over the next…
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Former UCLA star running back DeShaun Foster has been named his alma mater’s new head football coach. A leader of…
On Thursday, the NBA G League and the Phoenix Suns announced that the Suns acquired the rights to own and…
Roughly three weeks ago, cowardly thieves stole a statue of Jackie Robinson from a park in Wichita, KS and then…
How do you re-create something that’s already iconic and make it generational when most have never seen it in its…