Athletes And Social Issues

    Supporting the Cuban Jim Crow? San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick gained a new fan the minute that he took a stand by… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

  Kaepernick’s Actions are Very American “And where is that band who so valiantly swore, that the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion a… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

  Jordan is Now ‘Woke’   Everyone’s sleeping pattern is a little different. Some settle and rise early. Some settle and rise late. All that… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

  Rupp Arena Should Undergo Rechristening   The last couple of years have seen resurgence in consciousness in the Black community. We have fought to… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

  We Have More Power Than We Think Like many African-Americans I have found myself saying we as a people do not have any power.… Magazine Topics: Stephen A. Smith, Michael Eric Dyson Both Right on Black Plight If Richard Sherman’s a Thug, I Want to be

  Know Your Power, Use Your Platform   God sends blessings to those He can send blessings through. Too many people strive for greatness just… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

I Needed the Rod           In the late 1980s and early 1990s Hoffman Middle School in Houston had a ritual that many students participated in.… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball

Win, Lose or Draw           It seemed like Manny Pacquiao had a 2004 bout with Juan Manuel Marquez in the bags in the very first… Magazine Topics: If Richard Sherman’s a Thug, I Want to be a Thug Too Athletes Need Not Apologize for Social Activism Celebrity

Association vs. Affiliation           In the fall of 1997, I entered Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.           Although I was away from home for… Magazine Topics: Celebrity Athletes and Social Issues LeBron Says Racism in Sports Reason for Backlash BYU Sports Should Be Commended for Basketball