Jeff Rivers
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Hackensack, NJ, United States
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Second-generation pro athletes are becoming a thing
Last year, Justify won horse racing’s Triple Crown and retired undefeated. He is a descendant of previous Triple Crown winners, including Seattle Slew, Secretar… → Read More
Jackie Robinson’s righteous rage fueled his passion for change
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” — James Baldwin in 1962 On Monday, Major League Baseball … → Read More
Kyrie, the intense media scrutiny comes with the game
Late last week, I came into my living room. My wife was watching an NBA game on TV, the Boston Celtics visiting the Golden State Warriors. The Celtics were en r… → Read More
Naomi Osaka has her own trails to blaze
Naomi Osaka has been on my mind. She won the last two Grand Slam singles tournaments, got ranked No. 1 by the WTA and then lost the next match in the next tourn… → Read More
Top quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts are changing the college recruiting game
Jalen Hurts is taking his talents to the University of Oklahoma. There, the former Alabama starting quarterback could replace Kyler Murray. Murray, a transfer f… → Read More
A new year doesn’t mean forgetting the past
“Come, Let us roam the night together Singing….,” Langston Hughes from his “Harlem Night Song.” We spent much of 2018 looking back at 1968, a year whose after… → Read More
Mahomes, Prescott, Wilson and now Jackson are not just ‘dual-threat’ QBs
From the beginning of the season, five black quarterbacks have started in the NFL: Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, Dak Prescott in Dallas, Deshaun Watson in Hou… → Read More
Just do it: Be charitable to those in need during the holidays
If you’re in the area and looking for a good time, join me at Monday’s Winter’s Eve that’s centered on Lincoln Square on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. I’ll be th… → Read More
Thanksgiving belongs to us all, for those still here and those departed
The last time I went to church with my adult daughter Lauren, I sat and watched as the Word touched her spirit and she began to sway in her seat. She is a true … → Read More
Let’s see more of Idris Elba, the ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ on the silver screen
People magazine choosing Idris Elba as its latest “Sexiest Man Alive” came right on time. After all, last year, the magazine selected country singer Blake Shelt… → Read More
Honor our ancestors, the giants and little people, and vote Tuesday
“I have only one good quality — overwhelming belief in the brains and hearts of our nation, our state, our town.” — Sinclair Lewis, in his novel Main Street It … → Read More
‘The Hate U Give’ retells the stark realities of today: love, loss, tears
Last week, I saw The Hate U Give in a Manhattan multiplex. Before the movie began, the film’s director came on the screen to thank the audience for supporting t… → Read More
Our ‘around the way girls’ don’t take no mess
My movie over, I stood inside the Manhattan multiplex and looked at a series of pictures from some of Hollywood’s most iconic films, including Casablanca, The G… → Read More
Let’s celebrate Labor Day, but remember those who labored to get us here
Before the Great Depression, my father and his older brother Sam grew up in a sharecropping family in Georgia. They were among the generation of black men who c… → Read More
Top quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts forced to make tough choices on where to play
As the new college football season kicks off, I imagine a football made of question marks and dollar signs spiraling through the air. As always, the biggest que… → Read More
I can’t bring myself to defend Omarosa
Every once in a while, too often really, somebody black does something wrong. And other black people, especially those who appear to live their lives on social … → Read More
Today’s NFL players see the same injustices that prompted Jim Brown to be an activist
When Jim Brown ran on the football field, he moved with power, grace and speed. During his career, he rushed for a then career-record 12,312 yards and starred o… → Read More
Reminder: The perils of sports are not just on the field
As a journalist, I have little patience for people — athletes to team owners, sheriffs to presidents — who seek to bully and disrespect the media. Despite being… → Read More
On this July Fourth, what should be our national anthem?
I Hear America Singing by WALT WHITMAN: “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear …” I, Too, by LANGSTON HUGHES: “I, too, sing America. I am the darke… → Read More
Let’s add new categories to NBA Awards, like best celebrity fan
For some, NBA seasons begin in late fall and end in late spring. But I believe the new NBA season unofficially begins as soon as the old one ends and TV folks s… → Read More