Kevin Young: Always in the Trenches

by Steve McGill
Born and raised in the Watts section of Southern California, "right across the street from the Watts Towers," Young grew up with five older sisters and an older brother. His upbringing in the inner city during a time when gang warfare was on the rise gave him many opportunities to fall in with the wrong crowd.
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Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid To Talk About It
by Jon Entine
The classic argument that blacks succeed in sports to escape poverty is less and less plausible and increasingly racist every day.

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Greene Was A Class Act To The End
by Philip Hersh
I have spent two weeks thinking about what, if anything, should be said about Maurice Greene, the Olympic and three-time world 100-meter champion who announced his retirement Feb. 3 in Beijing, where the man everyone called "Mo" once had hoped to end his career at the 2008 Olympics.

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NBMA selects Cowtown Marathon for 2009 event
by BASN Wire Services
The National Black Marathoners' Association has selected the 31st Annual Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, Adults 5K, and Kids 5K for its 2009 Event.

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Jones' Relay Teammates Could Lose Medals
by Philip Hersh
Marion Jones returned her three individual medals after admitting last month she had used banned anabolic steroids before the Sydney Olympics. She also won a gold on the 1,600-meter relay and a bronze on the 400 relay.

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Renaldo Nehemiah: Master of the Art Form
by Steve McGill
He is, was, and always will be, The Great One, The Master of the Art Form. I recently had the honor, the pleasure, the privilege, to speak with Renaldo about his hurdling career. Our conversation confirmed for me what I had always assumed to be true: that he is a great man, not just a great hurdler, and that his greatness as a hurdler was merely an extension of who he is as a person.

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