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.”
In October 2019, NBA veterans Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson launched the “All The Smoke” podcast and over the next…
On Thursday, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan announced that he was firing defensive coordinator, Steve Wilks. “This morning I…
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…
When former Miami Hurricanes receiver Santana Moss famously said, “Big time players, step up in big games” back in 2000,…
Diverse Representation is on a mission, and this week that mission heads to Las Vegas to Blacken up Sin City.…
Shaquille O’Neal is a man of the people and uses his success to help others. We’ve witnessed it in viral…
At the 2012 Summer Games in London, Gabby Douglas made history by becoming the first African American woman gymnast to…
On Friday afternoon, the second day of Black History Month, we all received the horrible news that Carl Weathers had…
Grant Hill’s success on the court is well known, but now he’s matching his success on the hardwood with success off…