Black broadcasters and play-by-players deserve better; Gumble won’t be back on NCAA Tourney
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 13, 2024
Prominent African-American sports voices: Clockwise from top left, Jason Whitlock, Jemele Hill, Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, Curt Menefee, Mike Tirico, James Brown and Shannon Sharpe
BLACKS ARE NOT GETTING THEIR DUES
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In the summer of 2020, the Seattle Kraken, the NHL’s newest expansion franchise, announced that Everett Fitzhugh is being hired as the team’s broadcaster.
There was no precise assignment then. Would he do regular TV or radio? Fitzhugh was doing minor league hockey in Cincinnati when surprisingly . . .
