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January 24, 2012 · View Comments

A few days before Christmas 2011, Nike re-released the Concord Jordans to wild fanfare. As a rash of people lined [...]

July 12, 2010 · View Comments

With the World Cup coming to an end yesterday in South Africa, here’s my commentary on African-Americans and World Cup [...]

April 16, 2010 · View Comments

So I like watching sports highlights. Over the years I’ve seen a number of trick plays that have impressed me. [...]

June 18, 2007 · View Comments

About 2 months ago I was babbling on the phone about baseball to my boy and he said, “You know [...]

July 12, 2006 · View Comments

Whenever I lecture of race and ethnicity envitably I get questions about racism around the world. I always hesitate to [...]

RT @Rahwa: I'm on the edge of my seat re: the 9th Circuit's decision on Prop 8 today. Ruling expected by 10am PST. This is huge. 2 hrs ago
Happy born day Dilla, we're still with ya! http://t.co/tKlO4ZWp 3 hrs ago
Favorite quote from yesterday, student says, "so wait, you're an Assistant Professor. You're not a real professor? You can't help me!" 4 hrs ago
It's pretty hilarious because he wasn't picking up because he thought I was a bill collector ... you just gotta laugh. #geneaology 6 hrs ago
I've been calling someone who knows about my family history for over a month. He finally picked up today. Ecstatic! 6 hrs ago
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