Apr
28
For the Troops, the NFL Makes a Difference
April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Operation Gridiron and a team of highly skilled specialists touched down in the Persian Gulf earlier this month. Though you probably didn’t hear about it, this was no top-secret military mission. This was the NFL’s strategic code name for a series of morale-boosting football clinics and coaching sessions conducted on a military base.
In fact [...]
Apr
14
(Augusta) Georgia on My Mind
April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Congratulations Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion.
The world has turned its attention once a year to the city in southern Georgia since 1934 when the Augusta National Golf Club hosted the very first Masters. I shifted my focus from the major just long enough to find out about The First Tee of Augusta, a thriving [...]
Apr
7
College Basketball ACE’s
April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tonight in San Antonio, Memphis and Kansas will square off for the NCAA men’s championship title. Neither of the head coaches is African American. But of the 65 teams who made it to this year’s tournament 11 were led by black head coaches. This is progress. And if the Black Coaches & Administrators association has [...]
