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Entries tagged with "Barack+Obama":

• Trump Unexpectedly Does What's Right, Pardons Jack Johnson – May 24th, 2018

  Johnson had become a hated figure in a race-conscious early 20th century white America for his brash, outspoken ways and unapologetically lavish lifestyle…
  
  

• The Ali-Trump Connection – July 7th, 2017

  Both men insulted their opponents but paid themselves compliments. They were all ego, all the time…
  
  

• The Great Race – November 10th, 2015

  I’m not big on “aura” and “charisma.” I’m also not sure what “risks” and “chances” Mayweather believes he took…
  
  

• ESPN’S PBC: Old Wine In New Bottles – July 16th, 2015

  Blowing things out of proportion when proportion is so dull seems the order of the day in life and sport...
  
  

• Devon Alexander Steps into Muck – June 28th, 2015

  “Say for instance that everyone in the world was gay. How the hell can the human race survive if nobody is producing…”
  
  

• Floyd Goes on the Defensive – August 23rd, 2014

  Intelligence takes many forms. There are book smarts. There are street smarts. There are ring smarts…
  
  

• Jameel McCline Runs for Congress – June 15th, 2014

  “I'm an ex-everything who doesn't belong in the position that I'm in. But I believe this is what I was destined to do...”
  
  

• Kiev Is Burning – February 21st, 2014

  
  
  

• The Week That Was (Dec. 9-15, 2013) – December 16th, 2013

  With the loss, Broner can now stop the nonsense of calling himself heir to the throne of Floyd Mayweather, who’s in a different league entirely…
  
  

• Mandela vs. Obama – December 9th, 2013

  
  
  

• Mike Tyson on ObamaCare – November 28th, 2013

  It’s hard to believe that the folks who brought flying killer robots to the battlefield can’t create a website that works...
  
  

• Much Ado About Pay-Per-View – May 10th, 2013

  The pay-per-view numbers represent more than cold hard cash. They represent the approval or opprobrium of those who tuned in to watch the fight or not…
  
  

• Pardon Me: Free Jack Johnson – March 5th, 2013

  "Jack Johnson defined an era of American boxing," says Sen. Harry Reid, "and raised the bar for all American athletics..."
  
  

• Today's Isms Become Tomorrow's Wasms – December 24th, 2012

  Racism, like any other ism, will eventually disappear, assuming we don't destroy each other and the planet first.…
  
  

• The Klitschkos: A Class Act – September 7th, 2012

  I went on the internet and found their email address in Hamburg, Germany. “Klitschko Management Group” has a nice website...
  
  

• The Inquisition of Manny Pacquiao – June 21st, 2012

  If there’s one conclusion that we’ve always been able to draw about the dynamic Filipino slugger—it’s that status quo bores him...
  
  

• Straight Talk Express – May 17th, 2012

  Ever since Vice President Biden goosed President Obama into taking a position, everyone has felt the need to add their two cents...
  
  

• Pacquiao vs. Obama – May 15th, 2012

  It's election time again, the silly season when politicians will say whatever they need to say in order to hoodwink voters...
  
  

• Showtime (or HBO) at the Apollo – April 29th, 2012

  Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer could have been whistling Dixie as far as the mob in the balconies were concerned…
  
  

• Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out 2012 – April 23rd, 2012

  HBO broadcast "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" Saturday and it revealed a more thoughtful side of the future Hall of Famer. Helped in no small part by Michael Eric Dyson, who teaches sociology at Georgetown and is as…
  
  

• Take a Punch at the Prez – March 12th, 2012

  
  
  

• The Medium Is the Message – October 15th, 2011

  One senses Bozella’s awkwardness, his awareness that this is for a good cause, if not completely kosher…
  
  

• Amir Invites Obama to Fight – October 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mr. Khan Goes to Washington – September 2nd, 2011

  If two letters of Khan’s name were reversed and he was Kahn instead of Khan, he’d be welcomed with open arms and led to the nearest shul...