NOLA MAC & CHEESE FESTIVAL & FRIED CHICKEN SUNDAY JUNE 29, 2025 is rolling in action in New Orleans East “A Soulé Train and Soul Food Extravaganza!” Get ready for a cheesy, finger lickin fried chicken ...

Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones and Eddie Robinson, the former Grambling coach, were among the first class inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.

Leah C. Payton, born Leah Cloward, a lively soul, loving mother, and devoted wife, passed away April 19, 2025, in Ventura, California, at the age of 95. She was born on January 20, 1930, in Salem ...

Payton starred for the Chicago Bears from 1975 to 1987 after graduating from Jackson State. At Jackson State, Payton, as a running back, was voted Black College Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974.

His gritty paeans to steel towns and down-on-their-luck cities made him a working-class balladeer. But as blue-collar voters stampede to the right, does Springsteen really speak for them now?

Randy Barbato and Charles Blow discuss the ABC docuspecial Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life in an interview with Out.

Walter Clayton Jr. may not be leaving the state of Florida anytime soon. In Kyle Boone’s latest NBA Mock Draft, the University of Florida standout is projected to go 25th overall to the Orlando ...

Sean Payton on Broncos’ interest in free-agent running back J.K. Dobbins: ‘We’ll see where it goes’ Dobbins, 26, spent the 2024 season with the Los Angeles Chargers ...

The Brief The Eden Prairie man who became well-known for killing Cecil the Lion, has been charged with DWI. Walter Palmer was arrested for a May 26 incident in Eden Prairie. The address of his ...

Former Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion Steve Wright, the model used for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year trophy, has died, the Packers announced.

Before Engram agreed to Denver's offer, Payton and the rest of the Broncos' brain trust had to sweat through Engram's subsequent visit with the AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers. “Free agency is a ...

ESSENCE attended the New York City red-carpet premiere of "American Soul" and asked cast members to share their thoughts on the legacy of "Soul Train." ...