Subject Sports; Boxing Description They arrived in the NBA steeped in similar hype, albeit to differing degrees: one a freakish prep-to-pro phenom, the other fresh off a jaw-dropping collegiate run culminating in a national championship. Over the next decade-plus, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony—whose two teams meet Thursday […]
Subject Sports; Boxing Description World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is unlikely to fight again according to his trainer Emanuel Steward. Lewis, 38, last entered the ring when he knocked out Vitali Klitschko in Los Angeles in June and Steward claims that could be his final appearance. Creator irishtimes.com […]
Subject History Description This is Allan Wilmot’s story of serving in the Second World War. Allan was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1925 and served in the Royal Navy and the RAF. There was no military tradition in my family. I enlisted because of patriotism and adventure. The […]
Subject Sports; Basketball Description How a leap of faith saved the career of one of England’s most potent weapons in the forthcoming Rugby World Cup. As diligently as I scrutinised the list, published this week, of contenders for the honour – dubious honour, some would say – of […]
Subject Sports; Golf Description “Go on. Be a Tiger.” Campaign Is Golf Icon’s First B-to-B Endorsement. NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2003 –Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Tiger Woods to represent the company as a symbol of its new High Performance […]
Subject Sports; Football Description The anger in John Barnes’ voice is apparent. A career as a football manager is being denied him, and other black former players, he believes, for one reason: racism. It exists in the game – and in society – as it always has done. […]
Subject Stereotyping of Black Men – The Media Influences Description The Journal of African American Studies examines topics concerning social transformations that impact the life chances of continental Africans and the African diaspora. It publishes original research on professional and disciplinary concern issues for the social progress of […]
Subject Sports; Football Description Striker Michael Ricketts played through the pain barrier last night in a bid to prove his fitness ahead of Boro’s weekend clash with Bolton. Striker Michael Ricketts played through the pain barrier last night in a bid to prove his fitness ahead of Boro’s […]
Subject Academic Achievement Description The relations between normative developmental transitions, contextual influences, and life-stage outcomes such as academic achievement for African American males are examined. Creator Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham and Margaret Beale Spencer Source https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0042085903256218?casa_token=jZuwOrKAiskAAAAA:JCV2_pcoOadOKgCZp92e5Br6G3RSSHSkXmcd1sXHb1cx4D0mL3Y9_EInqmmN5kUXWDadtBw8VFQ Publisher journals.sagepub.com File
Subject Sports; Football Description He may be charged with sexually assaulting a teen, but that didn’t stop the voters of the Teen Choice Awards from naming Kobe Bryant their favorite male athlete. The Los Angeles Lakers star made a rare public appearance, alongside wife Vanessa, at Saturday’s taping […]
