But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is ...

Two panels from Last on His Feet, depicting boxers Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries Art ©2023 by Youssef Daoudi. Text ©2023 by Adrian Matejka. By permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation ...

NHL insider Mike Johnson was impressed by Auston Matthews after the Maple Leafs' 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Speaking on the First Up podcast on Thursday, Johnson called Matthews a "beast ...

Johnson, who was 48 when he died in 2019, was from Thunder Bay, Ont. He was drafted 33rd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1989 but was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he played parts ...