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Dillard Selects Former Panther to Lead the Football Program

Demitris Mincey, a 2006 graduate of Dillard High School. has been chosen as its next football coach. Having been associated with this legendary program as a player and assistant coach should assist in making the transition from junior varsity – last year’s JV team was undefeated marked by a signature victory over St. Thomas Aquinas for the first time in over 10 year – a relatively smooth one. […]

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Bill Wright-USGA Champ 

      In 1959, decades before Tiger Woods became the most dominant Black golfer in history, there was Bill Wright. Bill Wright became the first Black golfer to win a United States Golf Association [USGA]  event. Tiger faced slurs and racist disgust about his playing on the tour. That harassment pales in comparison to the vile abuse a Black golfer in the late ‘50s had to endure.  […]

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How White privilege plays into the first lady’s idea to invite runner-up Iowa to the White House

     Being invited to the White House is traditionally reserved as a coveted reward for the team that wins the championship. The coincidence of first lady Biden inviting a majority White runner-up team signifies White privilege. I’m not aware of any situation where the team that lost a championship got invited to the White House, but it’s particularly difficult for me to imagine the same treatment being afforded to a majority Black team that was the runner-up. […]

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Love & Basketball and more Basketball

     Hollis Queens New York native and lifelong Coach Robert Holford Jr. looks forward to his next chapter in Basketball at preferably an HBCU. His resume is stuffed with house hold References that American Basketball followers have grown to love and respect. Mike Malone (Denver Nuggets), Billy Donovan (Chicago Bulls), Rick Pitino (Iona College), John Calipari (Kentucky University) Stephen A. Smith, Kenny Smith and Jeff Vangundy Sports Analysts) just to name a few help round up his many stops and many places with each seemingly bouncing higher than the last. […]

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Patrick Pinckney, Amateur Golf  Phenom

Wake up Broward County! The next Tiger Woods may be prowling on a course near you. Recently my Omega  fraternity brother, Adrian Link, approached me about possibly doing  a feature story on golf phenom Patrick Pinckney, noteworthy of late for having defeated Tiger Woods’ son Charlie in a recent match. […]