NDN All-Stars - Celebrating Great Native American Athletes of the Past and Present

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history highlights Olympic legends, baseball milestones, championship boxing, and professional firsts across more than a century of sports history. Jim Thorpe captures Olympic gold in Stockholm and receives one of the most famous compliments in sports history, w...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features some of the most important moments in boxing, baseball, golf, hockey, soccer, and professional softball. Jack Dempsey headlines the week with multiple historic victories, including his famous win over Jess Willard to become Heavyweight Champion...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features championship boxing, historic baseball moments, NHL milestones, golf victories, and world-record performances. Joe Lewis headlines the week with some of the most significant victories of his legendary career, including wins over James J. Braddoc...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features championship performances and memorable milestones across boxing, hockey, golf, baseball, mixed martial arts, bowling, and professional football. Zach Whitecloud celebrates a Stanley Cup championship with the Vegas Golden Knights, while Joe Lewi...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features championship moments across boxing, hockey, baseball, golf, and auto racing. Tommy Morrison captures the WBO Heavyweight Championship with a victory over George Foreman, while Carey Price leads the Hamilton Bulldogs to the Calder...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features major moments across boxing, basketball, soccer, distance running, baseball, hockey, and motorsports. Jack Dempsey and Henry Armstrong add more wins to their historic boxing careers, while Shoni Schimmel records an early WNBA double-double for t...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week’s episode of This Week in NDN All-Stars History highlights some of the most impressive performances ever recorded—on the track, in the ring, and on the field. We start with Tom Longboat’s record-setting Boston Marathon win and Andrew Sockalexis’ early appearances in that same ra...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week’s episode of This Week in NDN All-Stars History covers a wide range of moments—from early baseball debuts to championship performances across multiple sports. We highlight Bob Johnson stepping onto the field for the first time, Jim Thorpe beginning his Major League journey, and...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . This week’s episode of This Week in NDN All-Stars History takes us from the boxing ring to the ice rink, and everywhere in between. We highlight standout moments including early career victories from Henry Armstrong, a dominant three-home run performance by Willie Stargell, and Jonathan Cheechoo reaching...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Native American athletes featured this week include Henry Armstrong, Joe Louis, Billy Mills, Ethan Bear, Ross Anderson, Derrick Begay, Tommy Morrison, and Joe Hipp. This week in NDN All-Stars history features memorable moments across boxing, hockey, rodeo, skiing, and distance running. He...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Native American athletes featured this week include Henry Armstrong, Jack Dempsey, Billy Kidd, Joe Hipp, T. J. Oshie, Cherokee Parks, and Joe Louis. This week in NDN All-Stars history highlights major moments across boxing, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Henry Armstrong adds several vi...

Native American athletes featured this week include Joe Louis, Henry Armstrong, Jack Dempsey, Carey Price, and Zach Whitecloud. NDN All-Stars Podcast NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network – The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY This week in NDN All-Stars history features big moments across boxing, hockey, basketball, and baseball. Joe Louis scores an early knockout...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network — The Headquarters for Sports Yesteryear . In this episode, we look back at the week of March 1–7 and the Native athletes who helped define it. We begin in 1934, when Henry Armstrong earned an eight-round decision victory over Perfecto Lopez — one of many performances during the rise of one of boxing’s most dominant champions. And we close in the...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, host Bill Black sits down with competitive bodybuilder Juanita Anderson to talk about more than just muscles and medals. Juanita shares her deeply personal journey as a Native woman navigating faith, identity, abuse, single motherhood...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to the NDN All-Stars podcast! Join me, Bill Black, as we celebrate the many great Native American athletes who have made an impact in their sports! -------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT NDN ALL-STARS If you enjoy the content here and would like to...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast , we sit down with award-winning sportswriter and author Lew Freedman to talk about one of baseball’s overlooked legends — NDN All-Star #23 Early Wynn (Cherokee) , a Hall of Fame pitcher and 300-game winner who helped lead the 1959 Chicago Whit...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, Bill Black talks with former roller derby skater and now trail skater and activist NDN All-Star #205 Melissa Skeet (Diné), aka "Skeetfighter" about her roller derby experience and about her marathon skate across the US to bring awareness to th...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, Bill Black speaks with journalist Phil Barber or the Santa Rosa Press Democrat about his 2013 research and article about NDN All-Star #9 Phil Jordan (Wailaki/Nomlaki), the first Native American basketball player to be drafted and play in the N...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Clarence "Taffy" Abel: Breaking Ice and Barriers in Olympic Hockey 📘 Summary: In this powerful episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, I sit down with hockey historian George Jones—nephew of NDN All-Star #61 Clarence "Taffy" Abel (Chippewa) , the first Native American to compete in the Winter Olympics and...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars podcast, Bill Black speaks with Temryss Lane (Lummi) about her soccer career, from Washington State High School Player Of The Year to her college career and her international soccer play. She also shares her sports journalism activities and her current...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NDN All-Stars Podcast Season 02, Episode 02 - Author Ed Rice Summary: In this episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, host Bill Black sits down with journalist and author Ed Rice, who spent more than two decades researching and writing Baseball’s First Indian , the definitive biography of NDN All-Star #4 L...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars podcast, my guest is historian and author Mark Wagner. He has written a new book - "NATIVE LINKS - The Surprising History of Our First People in Golf". While Mr. Wagner is not of Native heritage, he has researched and written a quality book about the s...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the NDN All-Stars Podcast, we are talking with professional football player and NDN All-Star #136 Teton Saltes (Oglala Sioux) who just completed his first season with the XFL Champion Arlington Renegades. Find out more about Teton's work with the BEAR Project here: http...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, we continue our discussion about the new children's book "Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series" . This book tells the story of the 1911 World Series which featured NDN All-Star #5 Charles Albert Bender (Ojibwe) and John Tortes Meyers (Cahuilla). We sp...

NDN All-Stars is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NDN All-Stars Podcast - Season 01, Episode 05 - Author Traci Sorrell speaking about her children's book "Contenders" EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the Indian All-Stars Podcast, host Bill Black sits down with award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorrell to talk about her powerful new picture book Cont...