LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS Television and the NAACP have reached an agreement to develop content that tells stories of the African American experience.
Facebook keeps telling critics that it is doing everything it can to rid its service of hate, abuse and misinformation. And the company's detractors keep not buying it.
Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn't doing enough to curtail racist...
As the coronavirus tightens its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population — black Americans.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Numbers released Wednesday show the stark disparity in how the new coronavirus is affecting black and white Mississippians, reflecting longstanding health problems in a state...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden worshiped at a predominantly African American church in Mississippi two days before the state's primary, in which black voters...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna will receive the President’s Award during the 51st NAACP Image Awards this month.
The NAACP announced Tuesday that it had selected the 31-year-old pop star and...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NAACP’s national president chastised women who recently went public with a sexual harassment claim and he was reluctant to swiftly deal with the accusations against a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NAACP Image Awards will be televised for the first time on BET.
NAACP and the cable network announced Monday that the 51st awards ceremony will be held in Pasadena,...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The national NAACP said Thursday that it has suspended a candidate for president of the North Carolina chapter over sexual harassment claims made against him by a former...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the sexual harassment complaint within the North Carolina NAACP (all times local):
9:55 p.m.
The former employee of the North Carolina NAACP who says...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyreek Hill was asked what goes through his head when a play breaks down and Patrick Mahomes is forced to improvise, and the Chiefs' wide receiver basically body-shamed his starting quarterback.
"When you see his slow behind roll out," Hill began, "or whatever he's doing, in my mind I go to, 'Alert! Alert! Alert! And I just have to get back to him and be around the ball."
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Middle linebacker Derrick Johnson isn't as troubled as most people seem to be by the Oakland Raiders' lack of a pass rush.
The way Johnson sees it, there are other ways for the defense to impact games.
Yet with only two sacks in two games, Johnson also realizes something has to change.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Marquel Lee wasn't quite ready to end the revolving door at middle linebacker for the Oakland Raiders when he was thrown into the starting lineup to start his rookie season last year.
With a year of experience and a defensive scheme that better suits his game, Lee is doing his best to seize that role this season even after the Raiders brought in veteran Derrick Johnson to be the likely starter.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Since Jon Gruden last coached in the NFL a decade ago, the league has undergone a youth movement.
Thanks to a collective bargaining agreement that limits salaries for players in their first four years and a more spread out game that places a greater premium on speed, teams have relied more than ever on young players.
Derrick Johnson's tenure with the Kansas City Chiefs is coming to an end.
The franchise's career tackles leader and a four-time Pro Bowl selection, Johnson will become a free agent when his contract expires at the start of the new league year March 14. He intends to keep playing, it just won't be in the familiar red, yellow and white of the Chiefs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Derek Carr had been pounded enough by the Kansas City Chiefs' dominant defensive front that nobody could blame him for unloading a pass to Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch a bit early Sunday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Derrick Johnson has always been a company man, willing to do whatever it takes to help the Kansas City Chiefs win playoff games and someday end their long Super Bowl drought.
Restructure his contract? OK. Tutor young linebackers? Sure thing.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have a multitude of ways to replace Derrick Johnson in the middle of their run defense, whether it's Frank Zombo, D.J. Alexander or even injured linebacker Justin March-Lillard.
Replacing his leadership is a much bigger challenge.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Derrick Johnson knew his season was over the moment he hit the frozen turf of Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs' veteran linebacker ripping off his helmet in frustration.
It became official when he went to the sideline and found he had torn his Achilles.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs hope to get at least some of their injured players back for Sunday night's showdown at Denver.
But as of Wednesday, the prognosis for their return was still unsure.
Five starters, including linebacker Dee Ford (hamstring), wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (groin), nose tackle Dontari Poe (knee), Jaye Howard (hip), and linebacker Derrick Johnson, all didn't practice.
The Chiefs and Broncos are tied for second in the AFC West at 7-3, a game behind Oakland.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs running back Spencer Ware has been ruled out of Sunday's game against Jacksonville with a concussion, though wide receiver Jeremy Maclin and defensive tackle Jaye Howard will be available.
Maclin returned to practice Friday after tweaking his hamstring earlier in the week, while Howard was back after dealing with a hip injury he suffered last weekend against Indianapolis.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson has played with dozens of cornerbacks over 12 years in the NFL.
He admits that none of them has been quite like Marcus Peters.
The second-year pro has an uncanny ability to read and react, to know where a pass is going seemingly before the quarterback.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Derrick Johnson saw everybody else picking off passes for Kansas City and decided to join the party.
Then he figured he might as well score, too.
The veteran linebacker snagged one of six interceptions thrown by Ryan Fitzpatrick, scored one of the Chiefs' two touchdowns off turnovers, and put an exclamation mark on a rather bizarre 24-3 victory over the hapless, turnover-prone New York Jets on Sunday.