The Black Athlete

In this episode, we have guest, Bradford William Davis, a sports columnist for the NY Daily News chopping it up with us about the World Series. Bradford dishes on Mookie Betts going to the Dodgers, MLB and their BLM campaign, and how he got into journalism.

In this episode, we discuss the NBA Bubble and the championship with scholar and big-time Laker fan Dr. Carl Sudler. We talk Lebron's legacy, the Lakers championship, and Black Lives Matter.

In this episode, we have special guest Dr. Frank Guridy talking the life and legacy of John Thompson. From starter jackets to graduation rates, we got you covered.

In this episode, we give our thoughts on the recent strikes/boycotts in the sports world led by the WNBA and NBA. Where do we go from here?

In this episode, we bring on Dr. Letisha Brown to discuss the WNBA and athlete activism.

In this episode, we use the Bubba Wallace noose incident to briefly discuss the history of lynching in America.

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Vanessa Holden, Assistant Professor of History at Kentucky, to discuss the meaning of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Days commemorated by Black folk. Dr. Holden also discusses her forthcoming book about the women involved in the Nat Turner rebellion.

In this episode, we are joined by historians Carl Suddler and Hasan Kwame Jeffries, to discuss the policing and protest in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Brianna Taylor. We put this moment in historical context and also discuss how white coaches are mishandling this moment.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Samantha N. Sheppard about her new book Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen. She also uses her critical eye to breakdown The Last Dance.

In this episode, we give you the background you need on Harvey Gantt so he's not just a footnote in a Michael Jordan conversation. From Clemson, to Soul City, to the Mayor of Charlotte, Gantt was the Michael Jordan on politics.

In this episode, we invite historian Carl Suddler to join us in our conversation on the first 2 episodes of the Last Dance. Suddler also gives us heartwarming words about the passing of friend, mentor, and sports historian Pellom McDaniels III.

On this track, we dish on how we're adjusting to going online, and how college football coaches are fumbling their Covid response.

In this episode, we talk the life and legacy of Kobe Bryant and what he meant to us. We also discuss the black history of the Kansas City Chiefs.

In this episode, we discuss Odell Beckham Jr., and his actions after the NCAA college football national title game. Before that we give some brief history of integration and college football in the late 60s and early 70s. We close with a shoutout to the WNBA.

In this episode, we tackle the hiring and firing of Willie Taggart at Florida State and place his career in the history of black coaches.

In this episode, we take on LeBron, the NBA and China while giving historical context for Black athletes speaking on global politics, from Jesse Owens to LeBron James.

In this episode, we discuss Jemele Hill's argument about black athletes going to HBCUs and also California's Fair Pay Bill. We also give you the history of why HBCUs are so chronically underfunded and implicate the NCAA is this tragedy.

In this episode, we breakdown Jay Z's entry to the NFL through the lens of Black capitalism.

In this "lost tapes" episode, Derrick and I discuss Kaepernick, the history of the activist athletes, and white owners in the NFL. Originally, recorded in April 2018, this was our first attempt at the podcast. We had some mic problems, so we didn't drop it. However, with the recent news of Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross supporting Trump, despite the fact that Ross has a social justice organization...

In this episode, we discuss the legacy of Oscar Robertson and his impact on NBA free agency and the Black athlete.

In this episode, scholar Dr. Jermaine Scott, an expert on the black athlete and soccer, joins us to break down race and the Women's World Cup.

In this episode, we are joined by special guest Dr. Ornella Nzindukiyimana, (@OraRunsWild) the leading expert on the Black athlete in Canada. Dr. Nzindukiyimana, (@OraRunsWild, discusses the history of the Black athlete in Canada, We the North, and blackness in Canada.

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between WWII, the fight for democracy, and the Black Athlete.

In this episode, we discuss the history of endorsements for Black baseball players and why MLB has struggled to market the Black athlete.

In this episode, we discuss the NFL Draft the the Black quarterback. Along the way, we talk about HBCUs, early black draft picks, and why the combine looks like a modern day slave market.