NFL Teams Up with Local NOLA Artist for Super Bowl LIX Logo in New Orleans
They’re adding a hometown touch to the big night! In about a year, Super Bowl LIX will be coming to New Orleans and the planning and preparation is already underway, including making the logo for the big game. For the first time in history, the NFL partnered with a local artist to design a Super […]
Remembering Willie Thrower, The NFL’s First Black Quarterback
We’re familiar with names like Jalen Hurts, Russell Willson, and Patrick Mahomes, who hopes to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to their second championship in a row this Super Bowl LVIII weekend. But long before Mahomes even picked up the pigskin there was Willie Thrower, the first Black quarterback to ever play in the NFL […]
Tyrod Taylor Makes History as First Black Quarterback to Win Game for the NY Giants
The New York Giants, a team that joined the NFL back in 1925, witnessed a historic moment on October 22. For the first time in the team’s over 90-year history, a Black quarterback led them to victory, NBC Sports reports. Tyrod Taylor, a seasoned 34-year-old quarterback who has played for several teams throughout his career, […]
Former NFL Player John Urschel Joins MIT Faculty as a Math Professor
Former Baltimore Ravens player John Urschel is now a professor of mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology! According to a press release by the university, Urschel is a mathematician focused on matrix analysis and computations, with an emphasis on theoretical results and provable guarantees for practical problems. His research interests include numerical linear algebra, spectral […]