By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter Everybody was giving each other the high fives and back-slapping each other with two African American quarterbacks in the Super Bowl but there is an elephant in the room tearing up all the furniture. The Washington Football Club and the Kansas City Chiefs made it very clear… We don’t […]
Read more "THE BLACK CEILING"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The NFL’s coaching merry-go-round started with Former Miami Dolphin head coach Brian Flores going to court to file a Civil Rights Law Suit against the New York Football Giants, Denver Broncos, and Miami Dolphins, for racial discrimination. An earthquake shook the National Football League from coast to coast. The […]
Read more "The NFL Must Face The Facts"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter This weekend, America celebrated the birthday of Black Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. America continues to celebrate the struggles of African Americans on January 17, 2022. The NFL might have been left in a time warp with the events on the field and in the front […]
Read more "BLACK MONDAY: THE NFL COACHING CAROUSEL"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The National Basketball Association seems to be headed in the wrong direction with over 85% African American players on the floor and less than 10% African Americans in their executive’s offices. The League will be moving into it’s 73rd year in 2021, the NBA has had 73 Black head […]
Read more "THE NBA COACHING DILEMMA OF 2020"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND- The National Basketball Association has to do a better job with their hiring and firing procedures. There are thirty teams and FIVE African American head coaches, 73 Black head coaches in 73 years, that is one per year. Remember the first Black head coach did not get a […]
Read more "HEY, NBA!! IT’S TIME!!"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The Cleveland Browns will be the last NFL team to hire a head coach in 2020 and if they hire a minority it will not be enough. Maybe, just maybe, it might be time to join former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick and kneel before and after games, but […]
Read more "THE NFL BLACKOUT OF 2020"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND- This is the year of change and controversy for the players and teams in the (NBA) National Basketball Association but not one for African American head coaches. The NBA started on June 6, 1946 that was seventy three years ago. Believe it or not there have also been seventy […]
Read more "NBA BLACK HEAD COACHES: A 2019-20 PERSPECTIVE"
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