According for former NBA star Doug Christie, physical ability is only about 30-40 percent of the battle when it comes to success in professional basketball. With that in mind, he has opened Christie Sports Management (CSM) to help players realize their full potential. “Understanding the game along with hard work leads to greater athleticism,” Doug […]

The dad is Black. The mom is multi-racial. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur at 14. Stanford won the NCAA title on his watch. Great shots are marked by a pronounced fist pump. He is one of 125 golfers in the world with a coveted PGA Tour Player’s Card. He wears the Nike swoosh. Add […]

There is nothing quite like being shot in the jaw to raise one’s profile. In the case of Terry Kennedy, it helped raise the profile of skateboarding in general and Black skateboarders in particular. In June 2005 Kennedy was shot twice while leaving a party in Long Beach, Calif. One shot was to the jaw, […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Keith Smart is still probably best known for the shot that won the 1987 NCAA basketball championship for Indiana. Now, though, he is rapidly making a name for himself by leading the Golden State Warriors to respectability and perhaps even a Western Conference playoff berth this season. The Warriors are […]

The Heisman Trophy award, with apologies to the Stanley Cup, is the most famous honor in sports. Voting for the trophy is accompanied by months of hype, and a one hour television special is devoted to announcing the winner. Ostensibly, it is awarded to the most outstanding player in college football. A quick perusal of […]

The heavyweight boxing division was dominated by fighters of African descent for nearly 70 years. From Joe Louis in the late 1930s to Lenox Lewis in the early part of this century, there was an almost uninterrupted string of Black heavyweight titlists, most of them Americans. The list of Black champions is an honor roll […]

The Atlanta metropolitan area sports a population that is more than 50 percent Black, and its hockey franchise has only led the National Hockey League (NHL) in empty seats since its inception in 1999. This year they are trying something new in the predominately White NHL, a roster that at times this season has sported […]

Sometimes mother does not know best. Following Arian Foster’s junior season at Tennessee his mother, Bernadette Sizemore, encouraged her son to return to Tennessee for his senior year despite gaining 1,193 yards, scoring 12 touchdowns, and receiving indications that he would be a second round pick in the 2008 NFL draft. Ultimately, Foster returned for […]

By far the biggest moment in the NBA offseason was the hour-long ESPN special in which LeBron James made what he called “the decision” to “take his talents to South Beach” and in tandem with Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade make the Miami Heat an instant championship contender as the 2010-11 NBA season gets underway. […]

Until this season Delmon Young was best known for throwing a bat at an umpire during a minor league game that led to a 50 game suspension in 2005. He was also considered to be a mild disappointment on the field and had been traded away from the team that made him the first pick […]