There's an adage in sports that there's no such thing as a bad one-year contract. It's generally one to which I subscribe. If ...

The Minnesota Wild have signed 38-year-old Stanley Cup champion Jack Johnson to a professional tryout for his 20th NHL season ...

The Minnesota Wild are bringing a very experienced, veteran defenseman to training camp and it is most likely just out of ...

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when, despite slavery having been abolished 45 years previously, African Americans were ...

Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains an American icon.

With a guy like Jack, he’s been there, done that.” So it came to be that Johnson woke up Monday in Denver and “couldn’t believe I was back,” allowing his mind to wander down memory lane.

Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, in New York City in 1932. (AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Johnson was boxing's first black heavyweight champion. President Donald Trump signed a full posthumous pardon for former heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson in a surprise Oval Office ceremony alongside ...

PostEverything Donald Trump would have been one of Jack Johnson’s tormentors Pardoning the first black heavyweight champion doesn't offset the president's racialized politics.

Jack Johnson made his NHL debut in 2007, during his time with the Los Angeles Kings from 2006-07 to 2011-12, he played in 338 games, tallying 30 goals and contributing 94 assists to the team.

Will President Obama Step in to Clear Jack Johnson's Name? Dec. 11, 2009 -- The Justice Department won't recommend a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the nation's first African-American ...