SPORTS AND POLITICS

2011 was a year that took many lives of prominent people. Here are just three people whose earthly presence warrants attention.

Sometimes you win from a loss and you lose in a win. Many times the choice to find the positive from a negative is yours to make.

While taking a look at the phenomenon that was Jackie Robinson from the faces-in-the-crowd perspective, the book emphasizes the influence of desegregation in professional sports on changes in treatment of racial and ethnic minorities in America.

The year 2008 is almost over, and will be best remembered for endless political news, more violence worldwide, more legendary feats from a couple of famed sports figures, and a couple of comic book icons.

What happened to sports on T.V.?

Whatever the role is, televisions, magazines and other forms of media show just how women are degraded in this area.

This article discusses an incident where a man shot a young skateboarder.

Washington, baseball and politics.

This opinion article maintains that it is easy to perpetuate a narrow scope of the world, if television is your source of information. While seemingly obvious, travel will demonstrate the overall goodness of folks in the world. Broaden your horizons.

This is an interview with a British Ex-Pat who recently returned to the UK having spent 15 years in the USA, and reveals some of the differences that are likely to be experienced by anyone moving to the USA.

On May 1, 2010 there were various demonstrations in the country over Arizona's illegal alien enforcement bill. This is coupled with calls for boycotts of the state and products from the state.

Cincinnati hosts a number of local taverns with live entertainment, sports and imaginative themes where one can go to relax and entertain. Here are three establishments I frequently go.

Moving on from writing about sports all the time, to try and become a political writer.

Unique and diverse lesson plans for African American history. Each plan includes objectives, instructions and adaptations for elementary, middle and high school grade levels.

2009 may not have been as depressing as most of 2008, but it still had a fair share of disappointment. The biggest stories involved death, affairs, war, hoaxes, deeper political divisions, and all other manners of controversy.

NBC Sports Chief Exec Dick Ebersol tries to explain the U.S. failed Olympic bid on MSNBC. It wasn't Obama's fault, he says.

Jack Kemp was a champion quarterback in the 60's for Buffalo in the AFL, then moved on right afterwards to Congress, and to a Vice Presidential nomination. Kemp is mourned by both communities after his death from cancer at age 73.

The States of Hawaii and Alaska have distinct lifestyle and political differences from the rest of the country and separatist movements. What are their issues?

Some people still find the art form of insults insulting, even though it's had an interesting evolution that may have helped human relations in politics, sports and the comedy world.

It took some digging, but this article reveals where the 2008 presidential candidates stand on crime and gun control.

The House Government Reform Committee's hearings into Roger Clemens' alleged use of steroids and Human Growth Hormone is just the latest in a series of investigations of "America's Pastime" by Congress

This research paper looks at different national governing bodies of sport in the United States. It analyzes different organizations and pairs them against one another to see the challenges of each.

My experience coaching a children's basketball game and what I learned.