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Tue, 10/27/2009 - 13:44
ESPN college football analyst has been suspended for a week fo ...

Rush Limbaugh would've been just another NFL 'thug' TheLoop21.com's Cindy Barnes-Thomas explains why it's best Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from the investment group seeking to own the St. Louis Rams NFL franchise. ...

Rush Limbaugh ditched by partners in St. Louis Rams bid The investment group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, which included racist shock jock Rush Limbaugh, released a statement this morning saying Limbaugh is no longer in the picture. ...

Serena Williams is naked on ESPN's cover — splendid Let me make my stance undeniably clear: I applaud Serena Williams' "naked" ESPN magazine cover. But that isn't a widely-held opinion. ...

Avoid Floyd Mayweather For Meaningful Dialogue On Race Floyd Mayweather called boxing legend and HBO commentator Emanuel Steward an Uncle Tom. Well, it takes a Tom to know a Tom. Eh, Floyd? In one of the more offensive scenes from the HBO series following Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather was receiving a pedicure from an Asian woman. He introduced her to the camera then made a stereotypical karate chopping noise. It was a pretty awful gesture. The only thing missing was Mayweather tossing dumplings and rice at the camera. ...

In Defense of Serena Williams TheLoop21.com's Nsenga Burton defends Serena Williams from those who would see her banned from the sport. ...

How College Football Was Shaped By Racial Strife In 1969 College football's centennial year, 1969, also happened to be my senior season at Notre Dame. I played against three teams that year — Georgia Tech, Tulane, and then Texas in the Cotton Bowl — that had not yet integrated their varsity football teams. This was actually a mark of progress. By 1969, the integration of ...

Dolphins' Deal With Williams Sisters Announced Serena and Venus Williams now own a small stake of the Miami Dolphins' complex. ...

William J. Powell: A pioneer in golf The end of Tiger Woods' winning streak wasn't the only headline at Hazeltine during last weekend’s PGA Championship. Another person that received much less attention, but should have garnered a lot more press was William J. Powell. ...

Boxer Johnson Will Be Pardoned Congress passed a resolution this week urging a presidential pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, who was imprisoned because of his romantic ties to a white woman. In 1913, Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for immoral purposes. The only thing that' ...