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[myurbanvibez]

#blacksports #blackathletes #deontaywilder https://www.instagram.com/p/B837He5HIsa/?igshid=162krkc5lx6bu

[thebrandofchampions]

#blacksports #nba #pistons #90s #oldschool

[philosophypanther]

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@Regranned from @blackwall.st - @shanaeyh ・・・entire video via her blog at https://sincerelyshanae.com/ FAMILY:- Here are some fun facts for all my college sports fans - #regrann @texas_black_pages #blackwallst #blackathletes #blacksports #blackplayers #hbcu #blackcoach - #regrann

[tonybconscious]

Anotha WHITE LIE debunked by WHITE PEOPLE... Hockey was created and stole from black people... My son loves hockey, do I tell him now, or later ? Www. originalpeople.org/colored-hockey-league #africanamerican #africancanadian #africaville #blackhistory #blacksports #blackinventions #celebration #espn #exploitation #freedom #hockey #lies #hiddenhistory #nhl (at Emeryville Marina)

[soulbrotherv2]

Did You Know The "Colored Hockey League" Formed 22-Years Before the National Hockey League?

Caption and image via Black Then.

[travelingasafamily]

“Losing the 440-Yard Dash” by Afaa Michael Weaver

If he hits the curve before you do, all is lost is all I remember when the coach yelled out to start, to kick it down the short straightaway

into the curve, the curve a devil’s handiwork, with Worsenski ahead of me, two hundred sixty pounds, one hundred pounds more than me,

and all I could see were the Converse soles of a boy I dusted in my dreams on the bus out here to make the track team, letters

for my sweater, girls going goo-goo over me, coaches from big-league schools with papers to say I was headed for glory, my unkempt

disappointment in me now sealed by winged feet beating me in the curve, Worsenski as big as the USS Enterprise sliding through Pacific

waters, parting the air in front of him that sucked back behind just to hold me in my grip of deep shame until I wished I were not there.

I wanted more than being human, a warrior of field and track would be bursting out now ripping open my chest with masculinity

to make Jesse Owens proud or jealous, or inspired or something other than me the pulling-up caboose slower than mud

running like an old man really walking, all the most valuable parts of me inside my brain in wishes, in dreams, in things

not yet born into the world, in calculations of beauty, in yearning for love, for the word of love, for some adoration from Wanda,

the most beautiful girl in the whole block, black like me and wondering just what life had to give those of us who can fly.

Poem: “Losing the 440-Yard Dash” by Afaa Michael Weaver from Prairie Schooner (Winter 2015)

Image: “Olympic Finish” by Ernie Barnes (1984)

[blackfitnessc-blog]

Cam Newton, Panthers reach $103.8M exte

Newton signed a five-year extension that will keep him under team control through the 2020 season, the Panthers announced on Tuesday. The deal is worth $103.8 million with Newton receiving $67.6 million over the first three years, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source involved in the situation. Rapoport added the extension contains $60 million in guarantees. The signal-caller also will earn $30 million the first year of the deal. Bandwidth and air time will be wasted this week debating whether Newton is worthy of such a contract with more guaranteed money than Colin Kaepernick, Ryan Tannehill and Andy Dalton. It's an unalterable reality of 21st century football that teams fortunate enough to boast a quarterback identified as the face of the franchise pay what it takes to maintain that luxury. The Panthers clearly value Newton as a legitimate franchise quarterback with his best years on the immediate horizon. Beyond the monetary commitment, the front office has retooled the surrounding talent to suit his strengths and weaknesses. For all of Newton's unique physical gifts, the Panthers understand that his throwing mechanics come and go, often leading to scattershot ball placement. When he's wild, he tends to be wild high. General manager David Gettleman promptly overhauled Carolina's entire wide receiver corps, replacing smaller, less physical skill-position players with behemoths featuring huge strike zones -- such as Greg Olsen, Kelvin Benjamin and Devin Funchess. The quarterback and middle linebacker (Luke Kuechly) are the load-bearing walls upon which this roster is built. As perhaps the NFL's streakiest passer, the 26-year-old Newton isn't without his detractors. Prior to the Panthers' mid-season turnaround last year, one NFC general manager opined to ESPN that Newton "might be two years away from being finished."