CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Rod Graves is the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation (FPA). He joined the FPA after spending 37 years with the National Football ...

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reveals the Miami Dolphins are the designated team for 2025 regular season game in Madrid, Spain. Defensive end Maxx Crosby wakes up with "GMFB" and discusses his ...

In 1921, as coach of the Akron Pros, Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history. Along with Bobby Marshall, he was also one of the first two Black players. He made history while ...

In searching for the successor to Jerod Mayo, the Patriots adhered to the NFL’s Rooney Rule — still ... now the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a non-profit organization ...

Brooke Sutton/Getty Images The NFL could see another sibling duo in the game as Patrick Mahomes’ half-brother Graham Walker ...

The Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation will host its 20th Annual Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Salute to Excellence Awards on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at noon. The prestigious awards luncheon will ...

Additionally, Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, will accept the Salute to Excellence Award on behalf of the team ... Fritz Pollard, the first African American head coach in the NFL.