[Note: this post was updated as of September 2020 to reflect that BET no longer posts the episode online and that it may be found
Discussed quite a bit in the latter portion of the updated (2007) version of my Black Brothers, Inc, Dawud Bey is back in the news.
According to an analysis of best-selling sociology titles published in the Spring 2010 issue of Contexts*, Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of
I was interviewed some time ago by journalist/author Frank Owen for a piece he was writing on the Philly underworld. In particular, he was examining
I have been so consumed with putting the finishing touches on my forthcoming book on the NBA betting scandal that I haven’t posted about the
by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dawud Bey, 41, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Kaboni Savage, charged in a separate indictment, and
It has occurred to me that the audience following the NBA betting scandal featuring referee Tim Donaghy and pro gambler Jimmy Battista, while cognizant of
This is the first of what will likely be several critiques of former NBA referee Tim Donaghy’s book and related tour (to be posted here
Black Entertainment Television (BET) has posted the entire (40 min.) “Philly Black Mafia: ‘Do for Self’” episode of their wildly popular American Gangster program. I
Wow. ‘Just watched the online preview of the upcoming (Sunday, 12/6/09) 60 Minutes piece on former referee Tim Donaghy. In particular, I was waiting with