http://www.blackpower.com News, commentary and blogs for metropolitan thinkers Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.blackpower.com/black-power-blogs/cleveland-to-new-york/ http://www.blackpower.com/black-power-blogs/cleveland-to-new-york/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 22:09:04 +0000 jamdonaldson http://www.blackpower.com/?p=11081 Drop Dead. Plus Clevelanders' sad music video, "We Are Lebron" a la "We are the World" music video...yikes. ]]> http://www.blackpower.com/black-power-blogs/cleveland-to-new-york/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/baltimore-ravens-pro-bowler-terrell-suggs-takes-us-under-the-helmet/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/baltimore-ravens-pro-bowler-terrell-suggs-takes-us-under-the-helmet/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:33 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=6069 As a junior defensive end at Arizona State University in 2002, Terrell Suggs had the type of season that many college football players only dream about. En route to compiling an astounding 24 sacks, while utilizing a dizzying arsenal of instinct, burst, strength, size and speed, he elevated himself into an elite pro prospect. Selected with [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/baltimore-ravens-pro-bowler-terrell-suggs-takes-us-under-the-helmet/feed/ 6 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-return-of-sugar/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-return-of-sugar/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:38 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=5802 This past Saturday evening in Los Angeles, Sugar Shane Mosley scored a stunning upset to claim the WBA welterweight title while putting on one of the most memorable shows in boxing history. He didn’t just win, he annihilated, and knocked silly, the seemingly indestructible champ, Antonio Margarito. The victory surprised many, though I was not one [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-return-of-sugar/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/stephen-curry-is-the-man-and-the-beast-as-in-big-east-is-back-in-college-basketball/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/stephen-curry-is-the-man-and-the-beast-as-in-big-east-is-back-in-college-basketball/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:00:23 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=5050 A baby-face and a mean cross-over.]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/stephen-curry-is-the-man-and-the-beast-as-in-big-east-is-back-in-college-basketball/feed/ 14 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/west-virginia-quarterback-pat-white-has-been-the-best-college-football-player-in-the-land-four-years-in-a-row/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/west-virginia-quarterback-pat-white-has-been-the-best-college-football-player-in-the-land-four-years-in-a-row/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:00:08 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=4631   The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is college football’s most prestigious honor, presented annually to the (supposedly) nation’s most outstanding player. And there’s no doubt that the last four winners have the gaudy statistics and memorable highlights that support their successful candidacies. But in my eyes, the best player over the last four years, who should [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/west-virginia-quarterback-pat-white-has-been-the-best-college-football-player-in-the-land-four-years-in-a-row/feed/ 19 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/magnificence-can-never-be-mundane-san-antonios-tim-duncan-is-the-greatest-power-forward-ever/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/magnificence-can-never-be-mundane-san-antonios-tim-duncan-is-the-greatest-power-forward-ever/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:00:36 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=4199 Sometimes, we tend to ignore the obvious. In the case of San Antonio Spurs superstar Tim Duncan, he hasn’t been ignored so much as he’s been under and even unappreciated. BORING! That’s the word most often associated with the Duncan and the Spurs by casual fans. Whenever they’ve appeared in the NBA Finals, TV viewership dips [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/magnificence-can-never-be-mundane-san-antonios-tim-duncan-is-the-greatest-power-forward-ever/feed/ 11 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-recession-wont-spare-the-sports-landscape/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-recession-wont-spare-the-sports-landscape/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:06 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=3542 With America mired in a fiscal crisis that’s seen our financial institutions and once robust automotive industry looking as unstable as Pac Man Jones at a Vegas strip club, the sports industry as a whole will not be spared from the current economic ugliness. Sports have historically been relatively recession proof in the modern era. The [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/the-recession-wont-spare-the-sports-landscape/feed/ 11 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/oscar-de-lay-hoya-vs-manny-pacquiao/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/oscar-de-lay-hoya-vs-manny-pacquiao/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:00:51 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=3075 Pacquiao Proves That Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/oscar-de-lay-hoya-vs-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 22 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/myrons-roll-has-nothing-to-do-with-football/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/myrons-roll-has-nothing-to-do-with-football/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:56 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=2099 This past Saturday evening, the Florida State Seminoles slapped around the University of Maryland Terrapins, 37-3, at Byrd Stadium in a crucial, Atlantic Coast Conference football match up. The game was huge for both teams, with ramifications that extended beyond the battle for the ACC’s Atlantic Division crown. Both teams were 7-3 and a possible a $17.5 million [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/myrons-roll-has-nothing-to-do-with-football/feed/ 15 http://www.blackpower.com/sports/youre-a-better-man-than-me-magic/ http://www.blackpower.com/sports/youre-a-better-man-than-me-magic/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:13 +0000 Ali Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=1886 Sports idiots should STFU]]> http://www.blackpower.com/sports/youre-a-better-man-than-me-magic/feed/ 4