Sports
So Black Runners are Naturally Faster?
Jon quoted in The Times (UK), August 3, 2007Holy Grails
Jon quoted in Sydney Morning Herald, July 15, 2007Experts Float Explanations for Swimming's High Tide quoting Jon
Paul Farhi, Washington Post April 2, 2007For Battered NHL, Another Black Eye
Patrik Johnson Christian Science Monitor, February 8, 2006Discuss Race with Common Sense (quoting Jon)
Associated Press, Jim Litke, November 6, 2005'Racial' is Not Always 'Racist' (citing Jon)
Chicago Tribune, Clarence Page, November 6, 2005Deberry Speaks Truth (quoting Jon)
Rocky Mountain News, Mike Rosen, November 4, 2005Race, Sports Raise Awkward Question (quoting Jon)
Dallas Morning News, Lee Hancock, November 1, 2005Are There Physical Differences Between Black and White Athletes
CNN "Anderson Cooper 360" Interview with Jon October 26, 2005Can We Talk About Racial Differences
CNN "NewsNight" Interview with Jon October 26, 2005Different Strokes (quoting Jon)
Financial Times (UK), July 29, 2005Remembering Baseball All-Star Curt Flood, the Father of Free Agency
BlackAmericaweb.com, July 11, 2005Who's Hue in Hoops (quoting Jon)
Denver Post, May 9, 2005A Bettor Way? (quoting Jon)
San Diego Union Tribune, April 27, 2005A Closer Look: Race and Boxing in Black and White (quoting Jon)
Doghouse Boxing, Canada, April 25, 2005Endangered Species: White Running Backs (quoting Jon)
Orlando Sentinel, September 12, 2004Talking About Race is Problematic (quoting Jon)
Orlando Sentinel, September 12, 2004Sensitive Science in the Race for Glory (citing Jon)
The Japan Times, August 11, 2004Peering Under the Hood of Africa's Runners (citing Jon)
Science/AAAS, July 30, 2004On Race, Basketball is Flip Side of Baseball (quoting Jon)
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 13, 2004Games of Deceit (quoting Jon)
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 11, 2004Talking About Race is a Sign of Progress David Kindred (featuring Jon)
Sporting News, March 29, 2004Missed Chances, Not Size, Led to Kenya's Losses (citing Jon)
Kenyan Daily Nation, January 6, 2004Why Kenyans Are Lousy Soccer Players (quoting Jon)
The Observer, February 1, 2004Experts Explain Kenya's Losses in Soccer (citing Jon)
Kenyan Daily Nation, February 4, 2004Black Quarterbacks Target of Unfair Criticism (citing Jon)
St. Paul Pioneer Press, December 14, 2003Rush Limbaugh Wrong on Black Quarterbacks (citing Jon)
Associated Press October 1, 2003Science Behind Dusty's Comments Scott Ostler
San Francisco Chronicle July 17, 2003Dusty Baker Has Nature on His Side
Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2003The Coming of the Age of the Über-Athlete
Salon, March 21, 2002Genes and Sports: Drug Running
Scotland on Sunday, March 17, 2002Black Success in Bobsledding, A Growing Winter Sport Tradition
Black Athlete, February 24, 2002Engineering Sports Performance in the Genes
National Post (Canada), February 21, 2002The "Scheming, Flashy Trickiness" of Jewish Athletes (Six Parts)
About.com, July 2001The Gene Genie is Out of the Bottle: Doping's Next Wave is Already on Us
The Guardian (UK) December 1, 2001Born to Run?
Africana, November 6, 2001Jewish Jump-Shots
The Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2001Hoop Dream Hebrews
Jewish World Review, June 21, 2001Hoops and the 'Hebrews'
National Post (Canada), June 20, 2001Hip-Hop and Judaism: Philadelphia Story
San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2001Philadelphia story: Long before the Sixers, the city was known for basketball—but the players were Jews and the stereotypes were all about their "trickiness"
Salon, June 8, 2001Why Race Matters in Sports
AOL Exclusive, April 25, 2001The Real Story Behind Ray Lewis
Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2001Young, gifted and under center (on 'Black Quarterbacks')
Salon, January 6, 2001Olympic Colors
Salon, September 23, 2000Questions Of Race
Philadelphia Magazine, January 2000Seven decades ago, basketball's biggest stars climbed up from the Philadelphia ghettos. Sportswriters said these "natural athletes" owed their success to their ethnicity. Sounds familiar, except that they were Jewish.
Dark Thoughts
Gentlemen's Quarterly, September 1999.If the NFL is 70 percent African-American, why are there so few black quarterbacks? And while we're at it, why is the NFL 70 percent African-American? And why are we afraid to talk about it?