Earl Smith
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a growing chorus of critics began calling attention to how African American athletes—especially in college basketball and football—were being systematically exploited by the very institutions that claimed to support them. These athletes generated enormous…
Earl Smith, PhD 5/5/25 Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo,Catch a nigger by the toe,If he won’t work then let him go;Eggs, butter, cheese, bread.Stick, stock, stone dead.1 Let’s say you were looking for a football player. A QuarterBack. As a…
Social and behavioral scientists often miss the mark with their predictions. The dire forecasts in The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game go far beyond what is plausible. The suggestion that college football…
It is commonly believed that Super Bowl Sunday triggers a surge in gender-based violence (GBV). But is this true? That may not be the most important question we should be asking. GBV is a persistent and widespread reality…
By Megan Macwade Social Media Design: Maggie Johnson Kellen Winslow II was born on July 21, 1983 in San Diego California. He is an African American man born in a family who has a legacy in football. His father…
by Megan MacWade Social Media Design: Maggie Johnson Brittney Griner was born on October 18, 1990 in Houston, Texas. She is the youngest of four children born to Raymond and Sandra Griner. Her father is a former US Marine and…
Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson (11/ 30/62) Bo Jackson is the 8th of 10 children to Florence Bonds and A.D. Adams, born in the state of Alabama. Bo attended high school in Alabama – McAdory High School in McCalla where he…
I played Little League Baseball in 1958/59, Long Island, NY. I did not know Black boys could not play against white boys, I did. To learn about the Cannon Street team in Charleston, S.C., having to travel by school bus…
Earl Christian Campbell–March 29, 1955–Tyler, TX. Hence the nickname “The Tyler Rose” is best known as a bruising running back that went from the John Tyler High School to the University of Texas at Austin to the Houston Oilers (1978-1984)…