In Rochester, N.Y. 9% of young Black males graduate from high school, 20% in Detroit, 24% in Philadelphia, 28% in New York City, 39% in Chicago and 41% in Los Angeles, and about 50% of Black males in America finished high school with their graduating class in 2010, according to a 2012 report fro... Read more...
As of today’s July 31 trade deadline, the Philadelphia Phillies have absorbed more disdain and scorn from a frustrated fan-base than ever before—likely the first time since 2006, when the Phillies were high and dry from any post-season play. The once glorious core of 2B Chase Utley, 1B Ry... Read more...
Before May 26, 2012, the night of the 7th and deciding game of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals in Boston, many Philadelphia 76er fans—win or lose— knew that the future would most certainly be bright for a young, fighting roster. That same roster—with the likes of Jrue Holiday, Andre Iguod... Read more...
The NBA and NHL must share a lot as, like brothers and sisters of two industries. At times, the home arenas, other times, television ratings. Both championship series are currently under way—NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup Finals—and the better of the two may be a surprise in 2013. Lace up you... Read more...
Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri has won the 2012-13 Executive of the Year award, the rare NBA honor that is actually voted on by colleagues and front office peers. NBA observers may never have quaked in fear in anticipation of the presence of the 2012-13 Nuggets, and the team may have b... Read more...
You can read and reread all the analyses breaking down the 2013 NFL Draft with so many grades, it will make your head spin like it’s finals week. All that can build now until September is hype and scrutiny. For the Philadelphia Eagles’ locker room, a new head coaching presence in ... Read more...
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan did not dribble around the question when I asked him if collegiate basketball programs with longterm, gross racial disparities in graduation rates should be banned from March Madness. "Where you have insidious gaps, and where there isn't movement, I think there ha... Read more...
Good Friday in fact was not a Good Friday for Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo. Amid news spreading of his supple 6-year, $55 million dollar contract extension ($55 million guaranteed, $108 in the full length if he succeeds all six years), critics came clobbering at the legitimacy of his ... Read more...
Poor, poor Brandon Knight. The Detroit Pistons guard was on the receiving end of the latest Lob City posterization. Just a few days after Jamal Crawford and Blake Griffin teamed up for an epic alley-oop, two other Clippers may have topped it. At the very least, the dunk toppled Knight. Wi... Read more...