  Let $G$ be a graph of order $n$. It is well-known that $\alpha(G)\geq
\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{1+d_i}$, where $\alpha(G)$ is the independence number of
$G$ and $d_1,\ldots,d_n$ is the degree sequence of $G$. We extend this result
to digraphs by showing that if $D$ is a digraph with $n$ vertices, then $
\alpha(D)\geq \sum_{i=1}^n \left( \frac{1}{1+d_i^+} + \frac{1}{1+d_i^-}
  - \frac{1}{1+d_i}\right)$, where $\alpha(D)$ is the maximum size of an
acyclic vertex set of $D$. Golowich proved that for any digraph $D$,
$\chi(D)\leq \lceil \frac{4k}{5} \rceil+2$, where
$k=max(\Delta^+(D),\Delta^-(D))$. We give a short and simple proof for this
result. Next, we investigate the chromatic number of tournaments and determine
the unique tournament such that for every integer $k>1$, the number of proper
$k$-colorings of that tournament is maximum among all strongly connected
tournaments with the same number of vertices. Also, we find the chromatic
polynomial of the strongly connected tournament with the minimum number of
cycles.
