Dr. Tré Watkins
There’s No Crying in Basketball
Sports matter to people. Sports are relatable. Sports are one of the central tenets of American society. From Teddy Roosevelt saving...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 134 min read
Fear of the White Outspoken QB
The talent that GMs, Head Coaches, and Bloggers traditionally fawn over is Josh Rosen. Standing 6’4, 210 pounds with arm strength that...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 134 min read
The Straw That Broke the NCAA's Back
In 2008, Robert Downey Jr. placed a large bet on himself. In his contract for the first Iron Man film, Downey Jr. was paid a modest...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 135 min read
Return To Glory: Black College Athletes and Social Inequities
The term “sports industrial complex” aptly describes the exploitative nature of big-time college sports’ reliance on a primarily Black,...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 136 min read
On the Draft Block: How the NFL Draft Feels More Like a Slave Auction
An eyewitness account of the preparation for a slave auction: "The slaves remained at the race-course, some of them for more than a week...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 135 min read
I Hate Steph Curry
Sports, it's often said, serve as the great equalizer. It’s where class, color, and creed do not count for a single point. In between...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 134 min read
Book Study - Gentrification
Book Study - Gentrification Living in Inglewood, not a day goes by without hearing or seeing something concerning gentrification. With a...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 134 min read
Election Day
The first election I can vividly recall was the race of 1996. The players in the game were the incumbent Bill Clinton, a well-polished,...
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Dr. Tré Watkins
May 134 min read
Kaepernick vs. The People
Nothing went as planned last weekend as Colin Kaepernick worked out in front of NFL personnel for the first time in three years at...
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