http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Paul+Hirsch Sports Paul Hirsch Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1323257&ca=Sports The game winning catch by Vernon Davis that ended with the 49ers tight end crying in Coach Jim Harbaugh’s arms last Saturday was the culmination of six years of maturation and leadership that has his San Francisco 49ers one game away from their first Super Bowl appearance since 1995. San Francisco b... Sports Paul Hirsch Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1308455&ca=Sports Anyone watching, listening or talking about the NFL this season has been inundated with talk of Tim Tebow, to the point of Tebow-mania. Certainly his dramatic overtime heroics in Sunday’s playoff win over Pittsburgh has done nothing to calm the Tebow dominated airwaves. The question for many Regal r... Sports Paul Hirsch Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1291721&ca=Sports Former major league manager Leo Durocher rode the phrase, “Nice guys finish last,” into three World Series Championships and a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Houston Texans’ wide receiver Andre Johnson took a large step towards proving Durocher wrong last weekend when the most senior member of t... Sports Paul Hirsch Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=697961&ca=Sports According for former NBA star Doug Christie, physical ability is only about 30-40 percent of the battle when it comes to success in professional basketball. With that in mind, he has opened Christie Sports Management (CSM) to help players realize their full potential. “Understanding the game along w... Sports Paul Hirsch Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=697964&ca=Sports The dad is Black. The mom is multi-racial. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur at 14. Stanford won the NCAA title on his watch. Great shots are marked by a pronounced fist pump. He is one of 125 golfers in the world with a coveted PGA Tour Player’s Card. He wears the Nike swoosh. Add 71 PGA Tour wins... Sports Paul Hirsch Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1261323&ca=Sports Magic Johnson is a candidate to become one of the Major League Baseball owners. The Los Angeles Dodgers will be auctioned off this winter as part of the Frank McCourt divorce settlement sweepstakes, and Johnson is fronting a group that includes prominent Southern California businessmen and Stan Kast... Sports Paul Hirsch Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1261328&ca=Sports Ernie Davis was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. It was such big news at the time that President John F. Kennedy was compelled to send the following message: Seldom has an athlete been more deserving of such a tribute. Your high standards of performance on the field and off the... Sports Paul Hirsch Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1240762&ca=Sports There will be a novel sight on the Texas AandM sideline next season. Not only is Kevin Sumlin the first African American head coach in Aggie history, he is just the third Black man to run an SEC football program and one of about 10 Black head coaches in the entire FBS (formerly Division 1) Division.... Sports Paul Hirsch Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1240769&ca=Sports Last season the Chicago Blackhawks were defending Stanley Cup Champions in name only. The hard salary cap in the NHL forced the team to dispose of many of the players responsible for the championship, including goaltender Anti Niemi. The Hawks sank to eighth in the Western Conference last spring and... Sports Paul Hirsch Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=671985&ca=Sports There is nothing quite like being shot in the jaw to raise one’s profile. In the case of Terry Kennedy, it helped raise the profile of skateboarding in general and Black skateboarders in particular. In June 2005 Kennedy was shot twice while leaving a party in Long Beach, Calif. One shot was to the j...