The jersey that is identified as #11 in sports comes with huge expectations. It publicizes a person’s athletic prowess, and attracts attention that … [Read more...]
SQ Warriors’ teamwork pays off halfway through season
As the San Quentin Warriors embarked on their season, the team’s quest to perform better than last year may be within … [Read more...]
Stepping Back from the Stress of Covid
How a deadly virus helped one man realize the power of basketball As I laid in an emergency room bed after collapsing in the doorway of San … [Read more...]
WNBA coming to the Town?
On November 16 the Oakland City Council voted unanimously for the African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) to enter into an Exclusive … [Read more...]
Jamal versus Jamaal: Intramural basketball goes into double overtime
Finally, after a long on-again off-again season due to COVID shut downs, the Intramural Basketball League held its championship game, and team Cookies … [Read more...]
Grudge match: Two old B-ballers go one-on-one
On July 9, two SQ B-ballers challenged each other to a one-on-one game of basketball. The 2020 DuPont Award-winning and Pulitzer Award-nominated Ear … [Read more...]
Spring tryouts commence for SQ Kings and Warriors
Tryouts for the SQ Warriors and the Kings got underway in June and through July with a mixture of talent that coaches have to choose … [Read more...]
The benefits of sports after Covid
After a year of suffering through the deadliest outbreak of the disease in history, the sun is finally shining for SQ sports. The exercise yard is … [Read more...]
Sports Tier Talk With Tim Hicks
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving sparked a conversation about changing the NBA logo to Kobe Bryant on Instagram earlier this year. The Detroit Free … [Read more...]
IT’S SHOWTIME! WITH AARON TAYLOR
Being prepared boosted Aaron “Showtime” Taylor from being a sports announcer inside San Quentin to doing the public address announcing at a game for … [Read more...]