What do Floyd Mayweather Sr., Tisha Campbell-Martin, Evander Holyfield, Bill Russell and Angie Stone have in common? They are all victims of Sarcoidosis. Bernie McCain addresses a disease that effects many in the African American community but is little discussed. Sarcoidosis is a disease due to inflammation. The disease is characterized by the presence of […]
VIA WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Training camp’s opening day is no different than the first day of a beach vacation. It may rain later in the week and a sunburn is looming. You know the fun times will end. But for now, it’s all upside. The Washington Washington Football Team believe they can make the playoffs. A […]
SportsGroove TV traveled to Virginia State University in Petersburg, VA for the CIAA Football Media Day where the coaches made their predictions for the season. Host Mark Gray reports.
VIA TIME: Richard Parsons is the new face of the struggling, bailout-needy Citigroup. The former CEO of Time Warner Inc. (TIME’s parent company) became Citi’s Chairman just days after the company announced an $8.3 billion fourth-quarter loss — its fifth quarterly loss in a row — and revealed that it would separate its retail banking […]
VIA CBS NEWS: From time to time, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Clarence Thomas have naturally talked about growing up African-American under far less tolerant conditions than those we take for granted today. Yet their biggest contributions to American race relations have been their admirable abilities to transcend such racial intolerance – to make being […]
VIA SNAFU-ED: A man who was tased and threatened with tasering between his genital and anal regions plans to sue the Boise Police Department for excessive use of force. It all started on Feb. 14 of this year. Two Boise, ID police officers were called to a possible domestic disturbance between a man — the […]
By Mark F. Gray Vernon and Vontae Davis returned to their high school alma mater before heading to NFL training camps with the San Francisco 49 ‘ers and Miami Dolphins respectively for a free football camp for DC area kids. The All-Star Youth Football Camp gave the participants a chance to learn football skills from […]
VIA NEW YORK POST: Plaxico Burress’ lawyer said today that the former Giants wide receiver will testify tomorrow before a grand jury hearing arguments on his gun charges. Burress’ attorney, Ben Brafman, hopes that his client can convince the grand jury assembled in Manhattan Supreme Court to forgo an indictment. “Mr. Burress is going to […]
VIA MEN.STYLE: The hit-making producer behind the King of Pop’s rise discusses Jackson’s life, death, and love of chemical peels Q: How have you been holding up since Michael Jackson’s death? A: Oh, man. It’s surrealistic. I went to Shanghai for the movie festival over there—I took Halle Berry—and then went back to Luxembourg, and […]