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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) finally broke with tradition a few years back when the first black head football coach in that conference’s history was hired.  With the resignation of Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom, they are now back at the nice round number of 0.

Will Croom’s resignation, more light is cast on the ugly truth in college football–if you’re a minority, you can play on the field but, you can’t run the team.

Now, Croom’s resignation, according to himself, to solely his own decision.  However, with his departure, there are only 2 black head coaches left in major college football.  Additionally, there are two other minority head coaches.  However, when one looks at there being 119 major college teams, the fact that only four a led by a person of color is appalling, particularly when one considers the number of minority players that comprise these teams.  One would have to believe that, of this pool of talent, there would be quite a few former players who have both the desire and the acumen to perform such a task.

So, college football, you should feel ashamed.   A changes is long overdue.  Let’s hope you finally get on the right side of it.

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One thing’s a guarantee, there will be someone with the last name of “Williams” as the women’s champion at Wimbeldon.

This is because both sisters made it to the finals.  Their upcoming match will mark the third time the sisters have faced each other for the Wimbeldon title.

So, do your thing, sisters, and keep making history.

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Golf is not exactly known for its diversity (although I see that changing). So, maybe it’s just a knee-jerk reaction on my part but, the recent words of Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman (followed, subsequently, by an apology) really ticked me off. Tilghman, supposedly, was trying to express how dominant a player Tiger Woods is and suggested that young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley” in order to compete with him.

Now, considering the history of lynching in this country (the OVERWHELMING majority of which targeted black people), this is not something that is exactly the stuff of jest.

But, who knows, maybe it’s just me…

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When people complained to me about Barry Bonds and steroids my response always went like the following — “Who’s to say that he had some unfair advantage? For example, how many times did he go to bat against a pitcher on steroids or an outfielder on steroids”. Not excusing steroid abuse but, it didn’t begin or end with Barry Bonds.

Well, it looks like I have some vindication today. The dreaded Mitchell Report (pdf) was released today and it named some 80 players accused of juicing.

Among them are pitching hero Roger “the Rocket” Clemens, Albert Pujols, Andy Pettitte and many others.

So, while many vilified Bonds and said his home run record should have an asterisk by it, I wonder if these same folks we be as loud about the records that may be held by some of these offenders.

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