Can Candace Parker Save The WNBA?

“There’s been some talk on the Web about whether Parker will “save” women’s basketball, but that’s silly. Women’s basketball was thriving long before Parker came along. WNBA teams are increasingly owned by business people with no ties to the NBA, so they market their teams aggressively and in ways (meet and greets and picnics) that [...]

Barack Obama: Greater Than MLK

Like Dr. Martin Luther King before him, Barack Obama embodies the hope and aspirations of the African-American population.  40 years from now, when all of us are aged and ready to walk to that eternal light, we will remember Barack Obama as being more siginificant to African American life than even the great Martin Luther [...]

Are You Turning Your Child Into a Wimp?

“Are American parents smothering their children? Hara Estroff Marano, an editor-at-large at Psychology Today magazine and the grandmother of three small children, is convinced that they are. In her provocative new book, A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting (Broadway), she writes, “Behold the wholly sanitized childhood, without skinned knees or the [...]

Cain And Abel: A Lesson For All Haters

“When the day came to make an offering to God, Cain and Abel brought their tribute. Abel brought some of the very finest from his flocks, while Cain deliberately brought an average-quality offering from his crops. Cain could have done better, but he chose not to for some reason. Perhaps he thought that the all-knowing [...]

Big J’s Flashback: Straight Up Menace

Some Sensible Advice For Sistas From Juliet’s Secret Diary

Juliet’s Secrety Diary, a  for negresses written by someone who appears to be the new Carrie Bradshaw, weighs in on some advice for women in relationships.
“The number one complaint was NAGGING. Let’s face it, no one likes to be nagged and if they did, everyone would still be living with their mothers. If you have [...]

High School Player Chooses Overseas Over College

Hat tip: KP
A year from Thursday, Brandon Jennings will be, barring injury, an NBA lottery pick.
“This Thursday he is expected to receive his standardized test scores that will help influence – but not make – his decision on where to play basketball in the meantime.
“Jennings is a blazing fast 6-foot-2 point guard from Compton, Calif. He [...]

New Heinz Ad Features Gay Couple, Men Kissing

Are y’all convinced yet?

Diabetes Up 15% In Just Two Years

Big Wayne, pictured.
“The number of Americans with diabetes increased by 15 percent in two years to nearly 24 million, public health officials reported yesterday.
“Almost 8 percent of the total population now has the disease, which is linked to obesity and sedentary living, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The latest numbers [...]

Len Bias

If you are in your 30s or 40s, you remember the death of basketball player Len Bias from an overdose of cocaine.  Who, was that dude good.  His death made me promise myself NEVER to do cocaine.
“Who’s Len Bias you say? Well I understand if you don’t know him because he never got to play [...]