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 Black Football Players Speak Out Against LimbaughIf one were to Google "lightning rod" a picture of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh might appear. In 2003, Limbaugh may have made himself millions of enemies in the African American community by stating on ESPN that Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated and playing largely because the media wanted... Kimbo Takes a Slice of Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipsAmericans are suckers for Horatio Alger stories. In a typical Alger tale a young boy, often an immigrant, grows up on the mean streets and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to grab his slice of the American Dream.
Even Alger could not imagine the obstacles faced by Kimbo Slice as he rose... Where Are All the Black College Football Coaches?The on-field workforce is about 50 percent African American.
Middle management is about 30 percent African American.
Of those one-step from the top rung, 20 percent are African American.
Yet at the very top; where the apparel contracts, TV shows, courtesy cars, and alumni influence mean big, life changing money, Black college football... Legal Sports Betting: The Risk Vs. The RewardFour states had legal sports betting on their books in 1992 when the federal government banned states from the bookmaking business, and grandfathered in existing legal sports gambling in Nevada, Montana, Oregon, and Delaware.
Of those states, Nevada has a thriving sports book business while the other three had various forms... African Americans in Sports and the Absent FatherMuch has been made recently of the dearth or decline of African Americans in sports like baseball, lacrosse, golf, soccer, swimming, and hockey and the dominance of African Americans in sports like basketball, football, and track.
There have been nearly as many theories and explanations as there are pundits. It has... James Stewart Breaks Barriers In Extreme Sport, Super MotocrossBorn in 1985, James "Bubba" Stewart has been called the "Tiger Woods of super motocross" because of his domination of a sport as an African American with mostly Caucasian competitors. A better term for Stewart might be the "Jackie Robinson of super motocross."
Like Robinson, and unlike Woods, Stewart is the... African American Athletes Gaining in LacrosseIn 1953 the Brooklyn Dodgers made history by starting five players of African descent (Americans Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe and Jim Gilliam, plus Cuban Sandy Amoros). It was the first time that more than half the starting players on a major league baseball team were black.
Last year a... Mike Grier, First American Born Black NHL PlayerIt is well known that Willie O'Ree of the 1958 Boston Bruins was the first National Hockey League player of African descent. But, except for seven games that Val James played for Buffalo in 1981, it wasn't until Mike Grier played for Edmonton, Washington and San Jose from 1996 through... African Americans in Sports Still Not Pursuing GolfThe phrase African Americans in sports conjures up many images, including soaring dunks in basketball, broken field runs in football, majestic homeruns in baseball and world records in track and field.
Thanks to Tiger Woods, one of those images is clutch play in the world's most important golf tournaments featuring mental... The Lack of African Americans in BaseballThe number of African Americans in baseball had been shrinking for more than 30 years, from a high of 27 percent of major leaguers in 1975 to an all time low of 8.2 percent in 2007. That 8.2 percent figure held steady in 2008 before Major League Baseball saw an...
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