Women’s track and field star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Francena McCorory was one of five inductees announced for the 2024 Hampton University Athletics Hall of Fame. Football players Johnnie Barnes, Fred Freeman and Ed Tomlin and men’s tennis player…
Beloved family doctor, John Alfriend Mapp, died peacefully in his sleep at his home on July 18, 2024 at age 91. Johnny was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 8, 1932 to Richard Custis Mapp and Virginia Blair Alfriend Mapp…
The Norfolk Tides today announced that Marty Miller, Christy Mathewson and Marvin Astor “Towny” Townsend are being inducted into the Tidewater Baseball Shrine. The Tidewater Baseball Shrine recognizes players and executives who have significantly contributed to the game of baseball in the Tidewater area. The…
LaShawn Merritt was the underdog, but he didn’t look like it after less than a minute in the 400-meter dash at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In a mere 43.75 seconds, Merritt, a 22-year-old Portsmouth native, defeated defending Olympic champion Jeremy…
Great Bridge High has produced standout athletes in a variety of sports, including a handful of first-round draft picks in baseball. But one of its greatest athletes made a splash in swimming. Thompson Mann was the first swimmer to break…
WASHINGTON (7News) — Sunday was a special day at Nationals Park even before the first pitch. Before the Nationals and Cincinnati Reds took the field for the final game of the three-game series, the latest class of the D.C. Sports Hall…
Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker promised his mother and his old neighborhood he’d return to Norfolk with an Olympic gold medal. After five dominating boxing matches in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the 5-foot-6 wunderkind, 20, delivered and took his…
With 12 world championship trophies and an appearance on a Wheaties box to his name, Jon Lugbill dominated the world of Whitewater Slalom Canoe Racing during his professional career. To this day, he is still considered one of the greatest…
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — After receiving more than 40 nominations for Chesterfield County’s first Sports Hall of Fame, presented by Virginia Credit Union, members of the selection committee voted to induct 10 individuals as part of the inaugural class.
