Football

As of Saturday (August 14), all 32 NFL teams had a vaccination rate above 75 percent according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. 15 percent of teams were above the 95 percent vaccination rate and 10 percent of teams were above 90 percent.

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Duke Slater—the National Football League’s first Black lineman—was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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NFL wide receiver Cole Beasley took to Twitter on Friday (June 18) to assert that he would rather retire, or even die, than to take the coronavirus vaccine.

The former Pro Bowl DT revealed was missing several rings including two Super Bowl rings, two AFC championship rings and an NCAA championship ring he earned while part of the famed 2001 Miami Hurricanes.

The HBCU Combine is set to be an additional showcase with HBCU players including the recently announced HBCU Legacy Bowl.

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Before being drafted, Pittsburgh Steelers player Najee Harris hosted a party at the homeless shelter where he and his family once lived.