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Your Black Sports of a blog that talks about black sports, black men, black athletes and black issues. We can also talk about some of the hottest issues in the black community such as: Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, BET, Hip Hop vs. America, rappers, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, state of the black union, state of black america, naacp, rainbow push coaltion, the urban league, wendy williams, wbls, the tom joyner morning show, black america web, juanita bynum, akon, rick ross, kanye west, lil wayne, doug banks, michael baisden, hot 97, r. kelly trial, marc lamont hill, roland martin, black men, black women, african american men african american women, black issues, black commentary, black people, tv one, bet hip hop awards, henry louis gates, howard university, morehouse university, spelman college, black colleges, hbcus, alpha kappa alpha sorority inc, phi beta sigma, omega psi phi, black greeks, kirk franklin, denzel washington, will smith, essence magazine, ebony magazine, black enterprise magazine, vibe magazine, jay z, beyonce, king magazine, kobe bryant, lebron james, shaquille o'neal. Our enemies: Bill O'reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, The O'Reilly Factor.According to Leland Stein, the top black athletes of all time are:35--Ervin "Magic" Johnson, basketball great/Olympian; one of the greatest passers in the history of the game. At his retirement, he was the all-time NBA assist leader. His team oriented play pushed him and his teammates to five NBA titles and one Gold medal (in '92 Games).34--Jackie Joyner-Kersey, Olympian; she is arguably the greatest all-around female athlete. Joyner-Kersey is the only black woman to win two Olympic Gold medals in the heptathlon in '88 and '92, as well as Gold in the long jump ('88).caddy48x70.jpg (2617 bytes)33--Tiger Woods, golfer; Woods is the first and only black to win golf's treasured Masters. He established a single season earnings record winning 8 PGA events in '99.32--Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players; Venus was the first black to play in a U.S. Open final since Althea Gibson did in '58. Two years later, Serena broke through and won the U. S. Open ('99). The sister tandem, guided by father, Richard, is the most dynamic in sports.31--0scar "Big O" Robertson, basket-ball great/Olympian; an Olympic Gold medallist in '60 and the first and only player to average a triple-double for an entire season.30--Curt Flood, baseball player; this all-star challenged baseball's restrictive reserve clause. The lawsuit made it to the Supreme Court, where he lost; however, the next year the ruling was struck down and it lead to free agency.29--Frederick "Fritz" Pollard, football pioneer/coach; he was the first black All-American running back, one of the first to play professional football and was the first black pro coach (in the APFA in '23 and '24).may5170.jpg (2571 bytes)28--Willie "Say Hey" Mays, baseball great; was the first player to steal 30 bases and hit 30 home runs in the same season. He finished third on the all-time home run list and is generally regarded as the best all-around player in history.27--Lee Elder, golf pioneer; he was the first black player to play in the previously all white Master's Tournament.26--Bill Russell,25-Doug Williams,24--Frank Robinson, baseball 23--Leroy "Satchel" Paige, 22--Larry Doby, baseball pioneer21--Anita DeFrantz, Olympian/IOC20--Walter "Sweetness " Payton, 19--Eddie Robinson, college footbal18--Wilt "Big Dipper" Chamberlain, Don King, Charlie Sifford,Paul Robeson, Wilma Rudolph, Olympic athlete; Michael "Air" Jordan, basketball Althea Gibson11--Dr. LeRoy Walker, l0--·Jesse Owens9--Arthur Ashe, 8--Carl Lewis, Olympian/pioneer,7-Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron, 6--Jim Brown, activist/football 5--Tommie Smith and John Carlos,4-John McLendon, author/coaching 3--Joe "Brown Bomber" Louis, boxer, 2--Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer, 1-- MUHAMMAD " The Greatest" ALI