A recent FORBES ranking shows that despite the real and perceived advances in the last generation, 10 of the 20 wealthiest African-Americans have a strong relationship to sports, either as a player or an owner.  Oprah Winfrey, as expected, leads the list by a long shot, garnering $2.7 billion through shrewd investment and media moguling.

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I’m sure when most of you read a story about a professional athlete filing for bankruptcy, you think the same thing I do: How in the hell could a millionaire athlete blow through all of their cash? SPORTS ILLUSTRATED looked into the matter and found two big problems: reckless spending and bad investments. Very, very [...]

CBS college basketball analyst Seth Davis has a new book out about the 1979 NCAA basketball title game between Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans and Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores called “When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball.” I noticed one detail in a story on it in the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL that had [...]

Pennsylvania residents Trammel Bledsoe and Phillip Sainsbury are not exactly model citizens.  In fact, they’re bank robbers (though they aren’t related to Deidra Lane) who are currently in prison after getting busted by the cops.  They also happen to be sports fans, and have found a fun new way to use sports knowledge to help [...]

After throwing nearly $50 million away on Stephon Marbury, Eddy Curry, Jerome James and Malik Rose, who may combine to contribute only Rose’s garbage time minutes, the Knicks are finally making a sound business decision: they’re recouping their Marbury costs, one game at a time.

Get your notepad ready, because a series of events this complex [...]

When I worked as a Program Director in Kansas City in the late ’90s, I got to know a talk radio host named Chris Baker. Seemed like a decent enough guy. Baker was hosting a general talk show on KCMO-AM at the time – I was across the hall on an all-sports station.

Baker’s ratings were [...]

• Anna Rawson, 150th on the money list but 1st on our hot list, finished on top of the leaderboard after the first round of the Bell Micro Classic.

Feel free to call her up to offer some congratulations.
• Terrell Owens says it could’ve worked out with him & Donovan McNabb, but the Eagles QB was [...]

Chinese basketball player Sun Yue has often been called the “Chinese Magic Johnson” because, uh, well, I guess because he’s tall and is good at basketball. But Yue, who recently signed with the Lakers, is squashing that name and bringing his own to the table: Monkey King.

Oddly, Sun’s reason for rejecting the “Magic” moniker is [...]

• Even without playing yet, Broadway Brett has already paid big dividends for the Jets – just ask the jersey clerks & ticket sellers.

• Was Manny Ramirez bagging it before being booted from Boston?
• The Bengals bring some joy to an injured Iraq veteran, and vice versa.
• Magic Johnson cheers up the Cowboys, but brings [...]

Despite not winning a playoff game in 12 years, and a disappointing end to last season’s 13-win campaign, the Dallas Cowboys are the prohibitive favorites to make it to the Super Bowl. And such favoritism creates all sorts of expectations.

In an effort to combat any pressure that might result from those high expectations, the Cowboys [...]