Category: Sports Columnists

Another Viewpoint Banner, Tim Lacy By Tim Lacy The NFL Pro football game took a back seat when breaking news informed viewers that NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Jan. 26.  It hurts me to report this, although my relationship with Bryant was hot […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to he AFRO In my last effort, I told you the NFL has got us under a spell. Now, they are starting to mess with my health. I am sure all of you football junkies were glued to the tube this past weekend to watch those skilled young men in shoulder […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The NFL has got most of us under a spell. I say that is a good thing, however, there are some who give you the impression that they reside in LaLa Land if you try to hold a conversation with them. I have a cousin that, once the […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The NFL has been like a secret organization for years! Like so many of these organizations, all you needed was the handshake. Just don’t let the hand on that shake be Black. I have been glued to a football broadcast since Moses played wide receiver for the Jews. […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The NFL vs. Colin Kaepernick is the big story in sports at the moment. This football saga has been hanging around since 2017 when a player with a 20 inch afro decided to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem. I haven’t witnessed this much intrigue since […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO NFL, NBA, MLB AND NHL are all acronyms for the professional teams that occupy the mind and eyes of us sports junkies. If you don’t get enough of the pros, after your yard work is finished on Saturday, you can kick back with a cold drink and let […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The NFL will get no rest as long as Colin Kaepernick is scratching at their door. Kap’s contract with the NFL was not renewed behind his efforts to expose minority injustices. This issue has been hanging around for a couple of years and we have visited it before. […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO “ALL ATHLETES ARE DUMB” is a stigma carried by jocks for generations. I decided to try and dispel the myth or reinforce the stereotype. You decide. We all know of athletes who have shown that there is more than an empty space between their ears. Now, some of […]

By Tim Lacy, AFRO Columnist Although I am a fan of the NFL they constantly find ways to tick me off. Readers of this space are probably tired of hearing my opinion of Commissioner Roger Goodell, and oddly enough he enters into this conversation. My peeve with the NFL at the moment covers my concern […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The world of sports turns into a BALL OF CONFUSION this time of year. There are a bunch of snaggle toothed gorillas skating up and down the ice with the intention of putting a hard piece of rubber in a net or removing a few more of an opponents’ […]