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NFL finally comes to on impact of head trauma
9:36 AM on 12/23/2009
OPINION - On October 28, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was slammed about a House Judiciary Committee hearing room like a quarterback facing a blitz.
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Hiring three new black college football coaches is a good start
8:06 AM on 12/14/2009
OPINION - The hiring of three black college football head coaches this past week suggests that the efforts of lobbyists may finally be paying off...
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NCAA may say 'Yes we can' by selecting black president
8:49 AM on 10/27/2009
OPINION - By the end of this week, the NCAA may start the process of joining the rest of the country in making history...
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Limbaugh's bid facing a strong 'Rush' defense
8:42 AM on 10/13/2009
OPINION - Rush Limbaugh wants to buy into the NFL? This is a joke, right? The guy who once said that the league...
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'Brothers' has potential, but may not go the distance
8:55 AM on 10/02/2009
OPINION - The "Brothers" writers have exceptional talent to call upon, yet, in football parlance, they are afraid to stretch the field and allow the actors to run.
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Law & Order's lieutenant sets gold standard for black women in TV
7:54 AM on 09/21/2009
OPINION - In a medium that typically casts black women in their professional lives as domestics, Lieutenant Anita Van Buren of TV show Law & Order stands out...
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Vick could make NAACP look like Chicken Little
10:38 AM on 08/31/2009
OPINION -- By dragging the NAACP into the fray, chapter president J. Whyatt Mondesire threatens to make the organization out to be no better than a Chicken Little of civil rights...
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Do black men prefer their women larger?
11:00 AM on 08/26/2009
OPINION - There's no question that the average African-American woman is likely to adopt India.Arie's credo that she just "ain't built like a supermodel."
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Black men can coach
9:08 AM on 08/12/2009
OPINION - Right about now, Mike Locksley and DeWayne Walker are handing out the helmets, dusting off the whistles...
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Happy 'Birther' Day, Mr. President
7:47 AM on 08/04/2009
As stunning as it may sound, given the right wing obsession over whether Barack Obama was really born in America...
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Baseball needs more black stars
7:49 AM on 07/13/2009
There's good news and bad news to report to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig from my family gathering this weekend. The good news is that John and Joshua, my 17 and 13-year-old great nephews like to play baseball. The bad news: They don't like to watch it on television....
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Athletes and guns: a dangerous combination
8:15 AM on 07/07/2009
Police remove a body from the apartment where Steve McNair was shot on Saturday (AP Photo/Ed Rode) Say whatever you want about the Independence Day shooting that snuffed out the lives of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a 20-year-old companion (and God knows there has been plenty said to...
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Why should basketball players have to go to college?
8:03 AM on 07/02/2009
What do Moses Malone, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have in common? The facile answer is that, as of the most recently concluded season, they are all winners of the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, the most prestigious given out by the league. The four men share another...
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Average black family more Chris Rock than Cosby
4:46 PM on 06/16/2009
Let's face it: the summer television season, with its wasteland of sitcoms and dramas unworthy of the regular calendar, as well as reality shows featuring Z-list celebrities and bizarro competitions, is the best endorsement for getting out and taking an evening walk after work. But this summer's TV schedule gives...
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- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
- Slideshow: 15 films that hurt black America
- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- TheGrio Reflects: The genius of Ray Charles
- TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
- TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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