 Breaking
the Rules
For Marc Lamont Hill, The basketball court is a place where Black
men can show genuine regard for other brothers… [more]
 Sound
Off: The NFL Season
NFC, AFC,
Fantasy Football leagues and everything in between. Join our message
board discussion here!
 Summer
Wandering 2005:
Mumia
Abu-Jamal reveals his love of tennis—and Venus
Williams. And Toronto Jones watches the NBA
draft and wants to know when Black parents will stop selling
their sons to the NBA.
 Leave
Ricky Alone
Those
sports talking heads just can't fathom a talented Black jock walking
away from cash and fame. By David Swerdlick… [more]
 Is
T-Mac the New Shaq?
Mack
Williams offers his NBA Preview, and predicts that the Seattle Supersonics
will wind up in the lottery… [more]
Diversions
Favorite Sports Moments—Fall 2004
In
this mean season of war and politics, what sports moments have
buoyed your spirits? [TALK
about it!]
 No Love for Team USA?
Tommy
Bottoms says "the underlying anger comes from the fact that
this all-Black team is representing America in the Olympics..." [more]
Olympic Spirit?
 I
used to love the summer Olympics. It was always a time to see all
the talented and fierce athletes, especially the Black ones. But
now, as an increasingly disheartened adult, all I can think of is
the fact that most of the countries in the world can barely afford
to send athletes to the games, and that those who do come from poor
countries have such a disadvantage in training and even…
[more]
Our Top Ten Sports
Stories of 2003
 It
is written in the book of Isaiah that "…a little child
shall lead them." And certainly youth was served in the world
of sports this year, as evidenced by our Black Sports Top Ten List
for 2003. Honorable Mention: Maurice Cheeks—The Portland Trail
Blazers' coach spent his entire career dishing the rock to the likes
of Dr. J, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones… [more]
Contact Sports: ESPN's
"Playmakers"
 The
premiere of the new ESPN TV series "Playmakers" could
also be titled "Jocks in Rehab." The assorted addictions,
co-dependencies, hang-ups and "issues" of this motley
crew of fictional professional football players are enough to fill
the Physician's Handbook. Only time will tell if these foibles are
enough to save "Playmakers" from being just another soap
opera with jock straps… [more]
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