NEW YORK: With racial tensions casting a pall over American football, rap mogul Diddy wants to buy the Carolina Panthers and become the first African American owner of an NFL team. “There are no majority African American NFL owners. After Diddy’s initial tweets late Sunday, two African American sporting stars said they wanted to join his bid – Colin Kaepernick and Steph Curry. Only one team in all of professional sports has a black owner – the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, whose controling interest is held by basketball legend Michael Jordan. The move would need approval from other NFL owners, some of whom might be loath to a deal that gives a role to Kaepernick.

Source: New Strait Times December 19, 2017 05:15 UTC