Toward Making Up With Kareem (We Hope)

On August 11, 2011, in Business, Community, Culture, Film, Goodwill, History, Motivation, Relationships, by Claude Johnson

I want us to reconcile with Kareem, because instead of arguing we should be teaming up.

Kareem Outed

On August 5, 2011, in Goodwill, Legal, Media, NBA, by Claude Johnson

Will basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar be a true giant, or, like in the movie Airplane!, do we have him “confused with someone else”?

New York City To Rename Bronx Street After John Isaacs

On June 17, 2011, in Children, Community, Culture, Family, Goodwill, History, Motivation, by Claude Johnson

If a community initiative passes final City Council approval, New York City will rename a Bronx street after former Harlem Rens star John Isaacs. It is a section of Hoe Avenue that runs alongside the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club where Isaacs worked as a youth counselor for nearly 50 years.

Hoops Hall of Fame Forms New ‘Early African-American Pioneers of the Game’ Committee

On February 21, 2011, in Community, Culture, Goodwill, History, Race, by Claude Johnson

In an unprecedented move, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday that it has formed a new Early African-American Pioneers of the Game committee, which has the clout to induct with a direct vote.

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“We were helping our race by fortifying the bodies of our people in this, the struggle for existence, where only the fittest survive.”
-- Conrad Norman, Co-Founder, Alpha Physical Culture Club, 1910

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