The predominance of African Americans in sports such as basketball, football, track, and boxing is an extremely sensitive subject. The controversy lies in whether the reason for their success is because of nature or because of nurture. There have been sportscasters who have lost their jobs due to comments they publicly made, such as Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder. He referred to the black success in sports saying, "The black is a better athlete because he is bred to be that way. During slave trading, the slave master would breed his big woman so that he would have a big black kid. …
