October 2005 – Bomani Jones

Month: October 2005

Quick Business

My take on Fisher DeBerry.
Don't Send Me Nothin' Bout No Picnic

There are a zillion things that most of us could chose to be mad at The Man about. Why do we manufacture them? Why go out of your way to look for something that’s so inconsequential in the grand scheme?
Top 25 – Jimi Hendrix

The greatest guitar player that ever lived.
Bad, Bad Wal-Mart and More Hate Toward Hip Hop

This generation was molded by his. If these rappers are that messed up and their messages are so readily identified with by the masses, then it stands to reason that his generation had a role in helping create these cats’ ideas, epistemologies, and preferences. Because of that, he can’t wash his hands of us that…

Here’s the new trailer for HBO’s Bishop Sycamore documentary, and Bomani’s in it

Sneak peak for BS High, the new documentary on the 2021 Bishop Sycamore high school football debacle
Jemele Hill Is Unbothered: Stumbling into what you’re made for

Bo discuss the second season of his hit HBO show Game Theory with Bomani Jones, his pivot from being an economist to cultural commentator, and how he handled not completing his PhD. Bomani also shares how being raised by academics shaped his cultural viewpoint.
@RepYvetteClarke Enters Bo Into The Record

“didn’t think when i woke up today that something i wrote would end up in the congressional record, but here we are! ”
N.Y.T. Opinion | Even the Supreme Court Can’t Save the N.C.A.A. From Itself

I wrote something on the ncaa and nil for a little publication called @nytimes.
Jenkins and Jonez

Bo talks Deion Sanders, fame and current state of rap. Check it out. #TheMorningJones
Deion Sanders most famous college football coach EVER.

when you get past the polarity of deion, there are lots of fascinating elements to discuss that don’t require some bizarre battle of a culture war.
What’s Wright?

Is Steph Curry or Magic Johnson the greatest point guard of all time?