Damario Solomon-Simmons: Report Cites NCAA’s Failure to Graduate Black Athletes
by Damario Solomon-Simmons Outside the fact that we now have our first Black President, no other area has had more sustained and visible growth for African-Americans over the last fifty years than the number of Black Male Student Athletes (“BMSAs”) participating in revenue-generating college sports (football and men’s’ basketball). In fact, today, BMSAs are 57.1% [...]
Cyclist Lance Armstrong Reportedly to Admit to Oprah that He Was Doping All Those Years
Cyclist Lance Edward Armstrong is reportedly going to admit doping when he appears as a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Network next week, Thursday, January 17. The New York Times revealed that Armstrong would have a “limited confession” on Oprah’s show. Armstrong, 41, has repeatedly denied doping in the past, but in 2012, he was [...]
Bob Costas Says It Was a Mistake to Make Gun Control Comments After Belcher Murder-Suicide
Just when you see someone prominent take a principled position, you then see the money and power starting to kick in and take over. Bob Costas has been under fire from people who want him fired after he made controversial comments after the murder-suicide involving Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs. Belcher shot his [...]
NFL Player Kissed His Girlfriend, Daughter after Homicide
The Kansas City Star released a detailed report on the final moments of the life of NFL player Jovan Belcher. Belcher, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs, shot himself and his girlfriend after an argument this weekend. According to the Star, Belcher kissed his girlfriend after shooting her and apologized. He also kissed [...]
NBC’s Bob Costas Speaks on Gun Control after Murder-Suicide of Chief’s Player
Bob Costas from NBC used his time during the halftime segment of Sunday Night Football to talk about the recent murder-suicide of Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his child’s mother, Kassandra Perkins. During the segment, Costas spoke about gun control and whether or not this played a role in the death of the player. Costas [...]
Dr. Boyce: Black Athletes Should Never Take Pride in Being Ignorant
by Dr. Boyce Watkins I received a phone call from a friend of mine who teaches elementary school. She told me that she’d spent the week excited about the fact that some college basketball players were coming to her school to eat lunch with the kids. She thought that her inner city students would gain [...]
Dr. Boyce: The Fab Five Reminds Us of Why College Athletes Must Be Paid
by Dr. Boyce Watkins I lived through the Fab Five era within college basketball, literally breathing the same air and vicariously identifying with the brothers who brought power and style to the sport. I was approximately the same age as the five freshmen who took their team to the NCAA championship, and I even wore [...]
NFL Player Brandon Spikes Gets Heat for Homophobic Tweet
Linebacker Brandon Spikes is learning the hard way that you can’t make jokes about homosexuality. The player put up a tweet that was meant to be a joke, but led to a backlash that he probably didn’t expect. Here were the words that got him into trouble: “I’m homophobic just like I’m arachnopobic. [...]
Chad Johnson Cries About Losing Everything: Should We Feel Sorry for Him?
Every week, there appears to be some athlete who was once on top of the world, who then finds out about the long ride to the bottom. The latest is Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, who recently appeared on “Inside the NFL” flooding the stage with tears from a regretful life. After losing his wife Evelyn [...]
Former NBA Player Etan Thomas Writes an Open Letter to Redskins QB: Don’t Destroy Your Body
Dear Robert: A very upset 7-year-old could hardly sleep last night. My son, (Jonathan Newton – TWP)Malcolm, is a huge fan of yours and he was upset at the image of his favorite player in pain as Fox Sports replayed your knee injury over and over during the Redskins’ playoff loss to Seattle Sunday. But Malcolm [...]
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