Black Sports

{{short description|Defunct 1970s African-American sports magazine}}

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| image_caption = The April 1976 cover featuring Julius Erving

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| founder = Allan P. Barron

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| finaldate = {{end date and age|1978|06}}

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| country = United States

| based = New York City

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Black Sports was a monthly magazine which was launched in April 1971 in New York City and closed later that decade.{{cite book|author=David K. Wiggins|title=African Americans in Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYCsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT131|accessdate=July 23, 2015|date=March 26, 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-47743-3|page=131 |via=Google Books}}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1933311012.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+18%2C+1971&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+%281960-1979%29&desc=Black+Sports%3A+new+magazine+in+town&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411160059/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1933311012.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+18,+1971&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&desc=Black+Sports:+new+magazine+in+town&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|title=Black Sports: new magazine in town|work=The Boston Globe|date=March 18, 1971 |accessdate=March 2, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lb9QAAAAIBAJ&pg=3927,2568998&dq=black-sports-magazine&hl=en|title=Black ... not so beautiful on paper |author=Girard, Fred|work=St. Petersburg Times|accessdate=March 2, 2013 |via=Google News}}

It was the first major sports magazine aimed specifically at African Americans.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wswDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22black+sports+magazine%22&pg=PA133 |title=What Does The Future Hold For Blacks In Sports? |author=Ashe, Arthur |date=August 1992 |work= Ebony |pages=132–133|accessdate=December 13, 2022 |via=Google Books}} The magazine was the brainchild of Allan P. Barron, who became president and editor. Barron teamed up with William L. Doneghy, who was vice-president and controller.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEMDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22black+sports+magazine%22&pg=PA48|title=Black Sports Hall of Fame planned in N.Y.|work= Jet|date=July 19, 1973|accessdate=March 2, 2013 |via=Google Books}} In 1971, Bryant Gumbel became editor, leaving the following year.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/gumbel-bryant-1948|title=Gumbel, Bryant (1948– ) |work=The Black Past |author=Jackson, Joelle|date=June 23, 2011|accessdate=December 13, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/78078|title=Overview for Bryant Gumbel|publisher=TCM|accessdate=March 2, 2013}}
- {{cite web|author=Fitzhenry, Joseph |url=http://www.maristmy575.com/?p=8882|title=Bryant Gumbel speaks his mind to students and faculty|work=My575|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=March 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728104354/http://www.maristmy575.com/?p=8882|archive-date=July 28, 2014|url-status=usurped}}

The magazine had low circulation and limited success and was forced to close after the final issue was published in June 1978.