The way the NBA is going with a heavy concentration on three-point shots, probably the last great guard-big man duo in professional basketball might be Shaquille O’Neal and the late Kobe Bryant. Shaq and Kobe combined for three consecutive NBA championships from 2000-2002. Both are regarded as two of the Top 50 players ever in the NBA. By most accounts they would both land in the top 20 players of all time.
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In last week’s article I may have prematurely written the Miami Dolphins off as having no chance of making the playoffs. CBS’ Tony Romo outlined the very minuscule possibility, indicating that they were mathematically still in the hunt. Just as last week before the Texans’ defeat, the Dolphins must win their remaining games against the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets, both winnable games on the road, as they did Sunday against a depleted San Francisco 49er team.
On Sunday, during an NFL pregame show on FOX, Vick — hired by NSU — Friday went into detail about his motivation and what it now means to be an HBCU football coach in his hometown.
Nearly a week after retired NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater led Miami Northwestern High School to a state championship in his first season as coach, he has expectedly drawn interest from elsewhere.
– Florida A&M University football legend Jacquay Nunnally, one of the most prolific receivers in NCAA history, has been selected for induction into the Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, adding another prestigious honor to his illustrious career.
Nunnie on the Sideline
Reality smacked the Dolphins square in the face on Sunday in Houston as the Texans ended any Miami Dolphins playoff hopes, suffering a 20-12 loss to the playoff bound Texans. The cold facts indicate that the Fins are still very much a work in progress, highlighted by a weak running game, an average offensive line, and a gifted but limited quarterback in today’s game of phenomenal, duel-threat athletes playing the position such as Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Pat Mahomes, Kyler Murray, Bo Nix, Jordan Love, et al.
Florida International University (FIU) has hired former FAMU head coach Willie Simmons as its new head coach. ESPN reports that Simmons was offered a four-year deal, making him just the fourth HBCU coach to take over an FBS program.
For the first four years of Madden Football, starting in 1988, all the players were the same color. At the time over 75-percent of the players in the NFL were Black. However in oversight all the players were represented as Caucasian. No one at EA Sports took a moment to consider that this was a false representation of the NFL.
There is a VERY deep lesson in Travis Hunter’s three year climb from being the top high school football player in America (according to Rivals, ESPN, 24/7 Sports and other media outlets that provide such rankings), to winning the Heisman Trophy—an award given annually to the top player in the collegiate game. Simply stated, that lesson is that we all must have unwavering faith in the vision that has been placed in our hearts for our own lives—be it professional, personal, or a combination of the two!