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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
Ari Michael Wolfe | |
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| Born | Ari Michael Wolfe January 7, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Emory University University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Ari Michael Wolfe (born January 7, 1971) is an American sportscaster. Wolfe currently announces games on ESPN, Stadium, Tennis Channel, Pac-12 Networks, and NBC Sports, and serves as an anchor and reporter for the NFL Network. Additionally, he also calls Kansas City Chiefs preseason games.
Wolfe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Wolfe graduated from Emory University in 1994 and later earned his master's degree at the University of Southern California. As a student, Wolfe did both play-by-play and color commentary for the Trojans' basketball, football, and baseball teams on KSCR (104.7 FM) in Los Angeles. He also hosted the sports talk show Blackjack and the Wolfe Attack.[1]
Before moving into commentary, Wolfe worked out of Los Angeles as a Highlight Coordinator, creating highlight packages of NFL football games for Fox NFL Sunday.
Since graduating from USC in 1997, Wolfe has called games in college and professional sports. He calls events for NFL Network, ESPN, the Kansas City Chiefs, CBS Sports Network, Tennis Channel, Pac-12 Networks, NBC Sports and Stadium Network. Since 2009, he has also worked as an anchor and reporter for NFL Network. Wolfe is a two-time Emmy Award winner.
Wolfe currently calls college football and college basketball for ESPN and Stadium Network with games airing on Facebook. He joined Stadium in 2014 and his primary role is commentating on Mountain West Conference games. In 2009, marked the beginning of Wolfe's work for MTN and BTN. Wolfe served as the play-by-play announcer for football, and men's basketball games.[2] Wolfe left BTN following the 2010 season, while his work with the Mountain West Conference continued until the network ceased operations in 2012. Wolfe has since called Mountain West football games for Root Sports and the Mountain West Network. Wolfe won his 2nd Emmy for his work during the 2014 Mountain West college football season on Root Sports.
Wolfe began calling tennis for the Tennis Channel in 2017 and at the start of 2019, he agreed on a contract West Tennis lasting until 2022. For the 2019 Mountain West Tennis Championships, Wolfe served as the analyst on the Mountain West Digital Network.
In 1998, Wolfe began his play-by-play career as the voice of the Albany Firebirds, serving in that role for six seasons. When the Firebirds left the Arena Football League (AFL), Wolfe was hired to be the play-by-play voice for the Philadelphia Soul, where he remained until 2008. Leading up to the 2018 season, Wolfe called arena games for CBS Sports Network, OLN, ESPN, Versus, and the NFL Network.[3][4]
From 2005 to 2009, Wolfe was the commentator for the Louisville Cardinals football and men's basketball games. In 2005, Wolfe won his first Sports Emmy. It was in the Outstanding Play-by-Play category.[5] In addition to play-by-play at Louisville, Wolfe also hosted Courtside with Rick Pitino and Kickoff with Coach K.
ESPN hired him as the play-by-play man for the Madden Challenge in 2007, shown on Super Bowl Sunday on ESPN2 and for the Big East Conference.
In 2019, Wolfe began calling Kansas City Chiefs games for the team's preseason television network, alongside color analyst Trent Green.[6]
In 2025, Wolfe returned to the arena football broadcast booth as main play-by-play voice of Arena Football One on Vice TV's Sunday Night at the Arena.[7]
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Ari Michael Wolfe (born January 7, 1971) is an American sportscaster. Wolfe currently announces games on ESPN, Stadium, Tennis Channel, Pac-12 Networks, and NBC Sports, and serves as an anchor and reporter for the NFL Network. Additionally, he also calls Kansas City Chiefs preseason games.
Ari is a given name in many languages and cultures, for both men and women. It also may be a nickname for a wide variety of unrelated names.
The 2024 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 55th in the National Football League (NFL), their 65th overall and their 12th under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs entered the season as the defending champions for the second straight year and attempted to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowl championships, as well as win three straight NFL championships since the Green Bay Packers did so twice (from 1929 to 1931, and from 1965 to 1967). The Chiefs started 9–0 for the first time since 2013 and became the last undefeated team in the NFL following their Week 7 win over the San Francisco 49ers coupled with the Minnesota Vikings losing to the Detroit Lions earlier that day. Following a Week 10 win over the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs secured their twelfth consecutive winning season. Their hopes of going undefeated were dashed following a Week 11 road loss to the Buffalo Bills. They clinched their tenth straight playoff berth, the second longest string in NFL history (only surpassed by the 2009-2019 New England Patriots' 11 straight, and equalling the 1946-1955 Cleveland Browns) following a Week 13 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Black Friday coupled with the Miami Dolphins losing to the Green Bay Packers the previous day. With a Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, the Chiefs clinched their ninth consecutive AFC West title, a record-extending 17th AFC West title, and improved on their 11–6 record from the previous season. Following a Week 16 win over the Houston Texans, the Chiefs went undefeated at home for the first time since 2003. Following a Week 17 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day, the Chiefs clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs as the top seed. They were also the first team to win at least 15 games since the 2015 Carolina Panthers, set a new franchise regular season win record, and became one of the first two teams to win 15 games in a 17-game season, along with the Detroit Lions, and the first AFC team to do so. Although they did win 15 games, they never scored more than 30 points in a regular season game all season, becoming the first two-time defending champion to not score more than 30 points since the 1956 Cleveland Browns, as well as 11 of their wins being within one score. Their point differential of +59 is the worst of all teams to finish with three or fewer losses since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger outside of the strike-shortened 1982 season, while their 385 points scored is the second-lowest of any team to finish with at least 15 wins in a season, only behind the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers (who scored 372 points). In the Divisional Round, the top-seeded Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 23–14 to advance to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game (only trailing the 2011–2018 Patriots for the most ever) as Andy Reid became the fourth head coach to pass 300 wins, including postseason. The Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills 32–29 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to their third straight Super Bowl, becoming the first two-time defending Super Bowl champion to play for a possible third consecutive title. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII from two years prior, Kansas City faced the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, but this time lost to Philadelphia by a lopsided score of 22-40. The crushing defeat ended Kansas City's hopes of completing the first Super Bowl three–peat in NFL history. With the loss, the Chiefs became the first 15-win team to lose the Super Bowl since the 2015 Carolina Panthers, and the seventh consecutive team to post 15 or more regular season wins and fail to win the Super Bowl, joining the Lions, who lost earlier in the playoffs to the Washington Commanders. Additionally, the Chiefs became the first defending Super Bowl champion to lose the following year's Super Bowl since 2020, when the Chiefs themselves lost Super Bowl LV to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after winning Super Bowl LIV. The Chiefs also became the first franchise in NFL history to lose in two Super Bowls as the defending Super Bowl champions.
The 2011 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 51st in the National Football League (NFL), and the first full season under head coach Leslie Frazier, who served as the team's interim head coach for the final six games of the 2010 season. The team failed to improve on their 6–10 record from 2010, going 2–6 before their bye week, before being eliminated from playoff contention in week 12 with a 2–9 record. The team also suffered its first six-game losing streak since the 1984 season. The team started the season with a new starting quarterback, Donovan McNabb, who had enjoyed great success with the Eagles but had a subpar year with the Redskins in 2010. McNabb played respectably, having a passer rating of 82.9 and only turning the ball over twice, but his 1–5 record as starter led to him being benched in favor of rookie Christian Ponder in Week 6, and McNabb was later waived on December 1, 2011. Despite a poor year for the team as a whole, Jared Allen set a franchise record for most sacks in a season with 22. The team led the league in sacks with 50, but also tied a team record for fewest interceptions caught in a season with only eight.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →The Greenwood District.
