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Soul Stealers…Let’s be honest — college football is a business, with money everywhere

Aubrey Bruce - December 9, 2023

JIMBO FISHER I must begin this column by putting all the readers on high alert because this is not, nor do I intend it to...

A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain

The Conversation - November 4, 2023

The New York Rens played from 1923 to 1948. Black History Heroes/Twitter by Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder For the first time in 20 years,...

The pot and the kettle are black: Tomlin gets persecuted, but ‘Belicheat’ doesn’t?

Aubrey Bruce - October 21, 2023

I am freakin’ sick and tired of having to defend every time that the Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin passes gas that many of...

THE ‘JERRY MAGUIRE’ SYNDROME: How about ‘showing the money’ to those in the past, like Terrelle Pryor?

Aubrey Bruce - August 26, 2023

Remember the movie, “Jerry Maguire”? “Jerry Maguire” was a 1996 film that was inspired by former super sports agent Leigh Steinberg. The movie was...

White Sox’s Anderson KO’d by Ramírez Amid Nightmare Season

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - August 6, 2023

The Chicago White Sox's biggest star, amid his worst season, suffered further embarrassment Saturday night. Tim Anderson, White Sox infielder and pride of Tuscaloosa, Alabama,...

Overtime Elite – a private school, basketball league and media conglomerate – just sent two players to the NBA

The Conversation - June 29, 2023

Amen Thompson, left, and his twin brother, Ausar, were selected fourth and fifth in the 2023 NBA draft. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Empire State Realty...

RECLAMATION: Andrew McCutchen rightfully will be part of Pirates lore forever

Aubrey Bruce - June 19, 2023

ANDREW MCCUTCHEN SALUTES THE PNC PARK CROWD AFTER GETTING HIS 2,000TH HIT, JUNE 11. (PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH PIRATES) The Pittsburgh Pirates and MLB great Andrew...

J. Pharoah Doss: NFL drafts 1 HBCU player—There should’ve been more?

J. Pharoah Doss - May 16, 2023

Doug Williams was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1978, making him the first Black quarterback picked in the first round of the...

Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, has died at 101

April 27, 2023

The track and field legend was a storied businessman and philanthropist by Erv Dyer Senior Editor, Pitt Magazine Herbert P. Douglas Jr., the oldest living U.S. Olympic...

Underpaid and underappreciated— Black quarterbacks in the NFL

Aubrey Bruce - March 4, 2023

(L-R) Former SWAC quarterbacks, James Harris (Los Angeles Rams), Doug Williams (Washington Redskins), and Steve McNair (Tennessee Titans) were listed on the ballot...