Legendary MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. set up an event at a Barnes & Nobles in New Jersey on Monday to pre-release his new children’s book, “Out at Home.” The book is the fifth in a series created in 2011 that was co-written by Ripken Jr. and Kevin Cowherd, who is a well-known spo... Read More
Sports talk show host and television personality Stephen A. Smith spoke at UCF’s Black History Month on February 23 in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union. The event was free of charge and Smith gave a talk that fit in under this year’s theme of “Souls of Black Folk.”... Read More
The four-time All-Star MLB player Jorge Posada will be at the OCC Shop in Newburgh, New York to sign autographs on March 20. He will be there from 7:00pm to 9:00pm to sign baseball equipment for $100-$150, and charge $10 for a photo with the former New York Yankee This will be a fundraiser event for... Read More
The two-time Olympic gold medalist basketball player Ruthie Bolton gave a talk in Vacaville, CA last Friday to a group of elementary school children about having perseverance at the Kairos Public School Vacaville Academy. During her two speeches she told the kids about how it is so much easier to ju... Read More
Head coach at the University of Alabama football team Nick Saban spoke at the Gulf Coast Coaches Clinic last Wednesday to discuss different strategies in their profession. About 700 coaches from the Mississippi Gulf Coast area came to the three day event to learn more about handling offenses and def... Read More
Former American sportswriter for The Boston Globe, Bob Ryan, is set to be the main speaker at the Communion Breakfast at The Warehouse in Holyoke on Sunday March 15. The breakfast starts at 8am and costs $20 for anyone to attend, and Ryan will be there to sign autographed copies of his self-aut... Read More
Six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar went to talk to a few hundred middle-schoolers at Branciforte Middle School this past Monday to give them some advice on their futures. He also let them know that it is important to not sell themselves short, as everyone has the potential to do more than wha... Read More
Former NFL Coach and current NBC football analyst Tony Dungy will be giving a talk at the Moms and Dads Establishing Life’s Direction event, also known as MELD, in Giovanni’s Restaurant & Convention Center in Rockford, Minnesota on Thursday February 26. The Minnesota native will... Read More
Former NBA all-star Magic Johnson will be joining Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General; will be some of the keynote speakers at the commencement ceremony for Xavier University in May 2015. Normally, there is only one speaker that the university’s event however this year they are trying to br... Read More