View most updated version of this post on SubstackSearch our full archivesShare Barbara McNair was a singer and actor with a beautiful voice who toured with Nat King Cole in the late 1950s, signed with Motown in the mid-sixties, and became one of the first Black women to host her own television variety show from 1969-71. Barbara Jean McNair was born and raised in Chicago. She first sang at church services and in school plays.

Hello Friends, It's with a heavy heart that I write this post and I am devastated to have to break the news. Becky passed away early Monday morning in her home with her family. I believe everyone knows she has been battling cancer for a few years now. Her passing was very sudden. I know Becky was loved by so many people and she touched so many lives. Words can't describe how much she will be missed.

Walker photo credit: National Baseball Hall of FameOn Saturday, April 15, every major league baseball player on every team will wear the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson on the date he made history by breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947.   I had always assumed that the Black players had been barred from professional baseball going back to its earliest incarnations in the mid 19th century. I thought Robinson was the first African-American to play professional baseball.

The all-time Bengals quarterback list starts out very, very good, and then stays there!  (The following segment is excerpted from a 2022 Football Outsiders article, with some edits for content and length. The 1980 and 1979 DVOA results, now available at FTN Network, don’t change the Anderson Hall of Fame debate much, as those were poor seasons for him. And Randy Gradishar, of course, will finally enter the Hall of Fame in August.

Sharp China: Big Picture Questions for 2024; Taiwan and the Philippines and Tentative Stability; Our Favorite Memories from 2023Click here for instructions to add the podcast to your preferred player. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill talk through questions and key areas to watch during the year to come in China. First: A look at the economy a year after the end of dynamic zero covid, including a Bloomberg report on the real estate market and household wealth, MSS warnings about discourse traps, and a corruption crackdown that's likely to continue.