The Emergence and Legacy of African American Basketball Conference November 12 – 13 FREE and open to the public Presented by: Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, DC Basketball Inc., Howard University Department of Health, Human Performance & Leisure Studies, the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C, The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and [...]
Anyone who knows me know I’m not a sports fan in the sense of spending Sundays glued to the tube, checking stats or scores unless it’s a championship final. I do get into the culture and theatrical elements of the game. Sunday, I attended my first baseball game in many moons at Nationals stadium. The [...]
Winning is a huge thing for me…. The major reason in my decision was the best opportunity for me to win, to win now and in the future also. I’ve done some great things in my seven years and I want to continue to do that. –LeBron James on his decision to join the Miami [...]
Next week I kick off Big Read DC programs for the Humanities Council of Washington, DC and the city read of A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. You can find out more about that here, and I’ll be posting some updates re activities and events. Big Read months are April and May. But [...]
First this… “As African-American players, we have a theory that baseball can go get an imitator and pass them off as us. It’s like they had to get some kind of dark faces, so they go to the Dominican or Venezuela because you can get them cheaper. It’s like, ‘Why should I get this kid [...]
New Orleans Saints 31; Indianapolis Colts 17. Super Bowl XLIV (2010) Amid all the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras madness, there seems to be one story that didn’t get as much attention outside New Orleans: The Mayoral election on Saturday. Yes, Nagin is out (term over) and Mitch Landrieu is in receiving over 60% of [...]
Michelle Obama celebrates her 46th birthday today. Last night Nora’s, an organic restaurant in DC’s Dupont Circle, was the scene for the First Lady’s surprise birthday party. Nora has good food, but I find the mac and cheese a bit pricey especially considering I make my own…from scratch! And my sister’s 3-cheese mac and cheese [...]
I can’t help but think “What would Earl Woods say?” Earl Woods (1932 – 2006) My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply. I’m overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, [...]
Dylan Favre is #1 on today’s Google Trends. His hotness rate is “On Fire.” Favre is a high school senior at St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. As of last week, he has thrown 102 touchdown passes and is heading to break the state record of 104. The Clarion Ledger keeps up with these [...]
WHO YOU CALLIN’ BOURGEOIS?? I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I heard the news that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was banning golf because he considers it a “bourgeois” sport. Word to Mr. Chavez. Revolutionaries play golf! Ernesto Guevara de la Serna aka Che learned the trade as a kid in Alta Gracia, [...]
