Terrell Owens Explains His Sad New Life In GQ
It seems like Terrell Owens was the king of the world not too long ago. Now it’s unreal to hear that this guy is barely getting by? How can he be so broke already? Black athletes and money has always been a bad mix. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. But normally these sports gods go broke a few years after they retire. This guy is out of pocket faster than any major sports star I have heard of ever! Here is the scoop. Continue reading
Absoulte Shock: A black NBA player actually plans to marry a black woman!!!
Stop the presses everybody, a rare thing has occurred in the world of sports entertainment. LeBron James is engaged to his beautiful girlfriend Savannah Brinson . This means a highly successful black athlete decided to go against the norm and actually get engaged and possibly marry a black woman! I know it sounds like I am trying to be messy, but come on we know this kind of thing is as rare and uncommon as a 2 headed bird. Continue reading
Joe Frazier: Deep As Cotton Fields and the Blues
Frazier’s left hook swung from a place few could see coming
The left hook is malice made into a thing of beauty. Boxing lore will tell you that the left hook has dashed more aspirations, left more men arrayed on the canvas like crime scene photographs than any other punch in the inventory. Continue reading
Tom Brady is flying high while Chad Ochocinco is in the doghouse following win over Dolphins
Flying high
Tom Brady – There are only a handful of things that get you automatic inclusion in this list, and it’s now been expanded to include, “pass for 500 yards.” Brady was incredible in this game. His 517 passing yards rank fifth in all-time in NFL history for a single game, and also set franchise and Monday Night Football marks. He didn’t suffer an incompletion until the second quarter, ran a masterful no-huddle offense for a good portion of the game, completed passes to eight different receivers, and passes of 99, 46, 30, 24 and 23 yards to five different guys. At 34, he still keeps raising the bar. Continue reading
Media Drama: Is it wrong to note 100m winners are always black?
The conclusions that are drawn from black athletes dominating the 100m final go a long way to explaining attitudes in wider society, argues Matthew Syed. The 100m final at the World Athletics Championships this weekend will be won by a black athlete.
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Ron Artest, Chaz Bono, Nancy Grace on new ‘DWTS’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new cast of “Dancing With the Stars” has been revealed. ABC says the 13th season of the hit show will feature a mix of actors, athletes and TV personalities. Set to tango and quickstep with professional dance partners will be basketball star Ron Artest; World Cup soccer player Hope Solo; reality stars Robert Kardashian, Kristin Cavallari and Chaz Bono; TV personalities Nancy Grace, Carson Kressley and Ricki Lake; singer-actress Chynna Phillips; actors David Arquette and J.R. Martinez; and Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, who may be better known in the United States for being George Clooney’s ex-girlfriend. Continue reading
Serena Williams rocks sexy pink dress at ESPYS
By Chris Chase
Photos: Serena Williams’ plunging minidress steals show at ESPYsTo say Serena Williams stole the show at the ESPYs suggests that there was a show to steal. The world No. 172 walked the red carpet in a dazzling, low-cut pink minidress that accentuated her curvy physique. The gold Christian Louboutin heels added at least four inches to Serena’s 5-foot-9 frame.
[Photos: Serena Williams at the ESPYs]
Despite playing in two tournaments since last year’s show, Serena was awarded the ESPY award for best female tennis player, which is like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences giving an Oscar to Al Pacino for this year’s sure-to-be stinker “Jack and Jill” because he was fantastic in “The Godfather II.” Yes, we know; it’s useless to complain about a meaningless, arbitrary award like an ESPY. Still, you’d think ESPN could have lured Serena to the show with the promise of something else (a lifetime achievement award, a montage of her comeback, a shawl) rather than a prize for playing no matches during the voting period. Not that there were many other candidates for the prize but surely there was someone.
What about wheelchair tennis great Esther Vergeer, who’s won more than 400 matches in a row? Or mom- turned-champion Kim Clijsters? Or those ladies who always play doubles at the court down the street from you because, you know, they played tennis this year. Serena is playing some World TeamTennis events for the Washington Kastles this month before returning to tournament play July 25 in Stanford. She’s set to play three more tournaments before the U.S. Open.
Video & Photos of Barack Obama At College Game
Barack Obama attended today’s college basketball matchup between No. 7 Georgetown and No. 8 Duke. Among his companions were Joe Biden, David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs and Reggie Love.
The president also offered commentary during part of the CBS broadcast of the game. He said that he typically does not have time to watch entire college basketball games, but stays up to date by watching SportsCenter. He’ll make an exception for the Final Four and watch all of the games. Continue reading
Runner Ignores Gender Scandal, Gets a Glam Makeover
Now this is what they call moxy. What a strong minded young woman…. Story by Emerald Catron. In a perfect 
world, you’d know Caster Semenya as the teenage woman who can run half a mile in under two minutes. What you probably know her as is the athlete whose muscular physique prompted officials to order a test to verify her gender. But her femininity isn’t a question at all in the “after” shots of her makeover from South African magazine You.
Smiling Despite a Scandal
The makeover proved to be a learning experience for Semenya, 18, who admits she doesn’t know how to put on makeup. The photo shoots also gave her the rare opportunity to get dressed up, something a girl who’s in school and race training doesn’t get the chance to do very often. Says Semenya, “I didn’t do this to prove a point but rather to have fun. I don’t give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?”
Regardless of the controversy, South Africa has embraced its daughter since she took gold in the 800-meter race at the World Championships in Germany last month, She even met with Nelson Mandela, who praised her.
Testing Comes Under Fire
Presently the results of the gender test required by the International Association of Athletics Federation are still being analyzed, so an independent panel of experts has been called in to decipher the results. Her coach quit this week, admitting that he didn’t tell Semenya that her gender was being tested — he told her she was being screened for steroids and other illicit substances.
Semenya may suffer from a rare chromosomal disorder that causes her body to produce too much testosterone. This isn’t the first time an athlete’s gender has been questioned or a genetic condition has wreaked havoc on qualifying tests. Whether or not that extra dose of testosterone gives her an edge over her competitors will have to be decided.
The results of the medical test will not be made public, since they warrant patient confidentiality. Regardless of what the results say, there’s at least one teenage girl out there who likes herself just the way she is — and we love that.