• Cappie In The City
  After helping lead the Phoenix Mercury to the WNBA championship last season perennial all-star guard and Team USA member Cappie Pondexter did what NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul are trying to do now and that's force a trade to New York. Cappie played her college ball at nearby Rutgers University and wanted to come to the city to maximize her brand. In her first season with the Liberty she is the #2 scorer in the WNBA behind only her former Phoenix teammate Diana Taurasi and she has led the Liberty to a turn around season as they prepare for the start of the playoffs this week. The girl who raised in Chicago and sports the #23 tells Samori Benjamin who inspired her interest in basketball and more in this report.
• The Legitimacy Of A-Rod's 600
  Ten years ago only five players in the history of Major League Baseball had more homeruns than Reggie Jackson. Now here in 2010 and a steroids era later seven men have passed Jackson and he currently stands 13th on the all-time career homerun list. Samori Bemjamin was on hand in the Bronx when Rodriquez hit his 600th career homerun. We examine the legitimacy of A-Rod’s homerun achievements and we speak with Reggie Jackson himself and another hall of famer Joe Morgan about the steroids era and the hall of fame. We also speak with Major league baseball’s homerun leader of 2010, in this the post steroids era, Toronto outfielder Jose Bautista who was in the outfield with the opposing Blue Jays when Rodriquez hit career homerun 600.
• K-Rod Speaks With Benjamin
  Samori Benjamin interviews New York Mets closer Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriquez on Sunday June 20th before the final game the Subway Series.
• Meet The New Yankee Lance Berkman
  Samori Benjamin interviews former Houston Astro and new New York Yankee Lane Berknan about his days in Houston and his now sudden oppurtunity to Chase the Ring in the Bronx.
• Final Night Of A Losing Era At The Garden?
  We speak with David Lee and the rest of the Bokers' on the Final Night of the 2009-2010 season at Madison Square Garden on April 12th. This was a night that Knicks brass and fans hoped would be the final night of a Nine Year run of losing seasons.
• The Best Celtic
  I had the opportunity to hang with the Boston Celtics on the eve of the 2010 NBA playoffs. The premise was the Best player on the team was now Rajon Rondo and despite public opinion the Celtics were not an old shot basketball team thanks to the young legs of Rondo and the other core young’N’s on the team.
• Lebron's Favorite Team and MVP Mauer Talk Lebron
  The Night After Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were bounced from the NBA playoffs by the Boston Celtics, putting his future in limbo Yankee Joba Chamberlain and C.C. Sabathia spoke with Samori Benjamin about hoops and Lebron. Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer speaks with Samori about resigning with his hometown team and loyalty. Twins slugger Jim Thome who is 11th on the all-time career homerun list talks about playing in the City of Cleveland as Thome spent the first 12 years of his career with the Cleveland Indians.
• Are 2day's NBA Stars Scared to Speak?
  On May 5th the Phoenix Suns wore Los Suns across their chest during game 2 of their second round series against the San Antonio Spurs. The fashion change was done all in part to support the Hispanic community of Arizona who have become subject to racial profiling due to a recent immigration Law passed in Arizona. The political statement by the Phoenix Suns is something we rarely see in Sports. Samori Benjamin goes around the NBA to find out why today’s athletes hardly ever speak out on the real game of life, political and social change.
• Stunner In Cleveland
  On the Night Lebron James received the NBA Most Valuable Player trophy from NBA commissioner David Stern for the second consecutive year, the Boston Celtics went into Cleveland and beat the Cavaliers in blowout fashion. Boston head coach Doc Rivers speaks with Samori Benjamin about first year Celtic Rasheed Wallace who scored 17 points in 18 minutes, and Celtics swingman Tony Allen speaks with Samori about the science of guarding Lebron.
• Dwayne Wade Exclusive: Inisde His Thinking On the Summer of 2010
  On April 11th Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat came to New York City and Madison Square to face the New York Knicks less than a week before the NBA playoffs began. Wade will be a free agent at season’s end and it is no secret that the New York Knicks, who will have more money available than any other team to spend on free agents this summer, will pursuit Wade and Lebron James heavily. After Wade’s Heat bested the Knicks at the Garden Wade spoke with Wbai Sports along with a large group of New York media who eagerly asked D-Wade about his prospects for the summer of 2010. Wbai Sports also speaks with Miami Herald sports columnist and ESPN sports reporters’ Israel Gutierrez, and we also speak with former Knick and current Miami Heat Quentin Richardson about the thinking of his Chicago homeboy Dwayne Wade.

Articles

Far From A Rivalry

Samori Benjamin says there has been no better leader in the NBA than Lebron James since he entered the NBA and despite the talk the new big three in Miami never built the same on-court rivalries the way their predecessors of the 80's did.

NBA's 10 Most Underrated

WBAI Sports takes a look at the 10 most under rated players in the National Basketball Association.

No Go For The A.I. Show

After the Yankees won the world series the New York Knicks had a chance to keep the excitement going in NYC by bring in free agent Allen Iverson. They chose not to and that was absolutely the wrong move.

Rising Black Stars

After just three African-American ball players made the major league baseball all-star game in 2008, ten made the team in 2009. They had a big impact on the game, possibly creating a revival of the many exciting African-American players seen in year's past.

Rose wit' a lil' Mayo

With two months to go in the basketball season, Chicago's Derrick Rose and Memphis' O.J. Mayo are the top two contenders for rookie of the year honors. They both speak with Wbai Sports about their new beginnings.

Blame Commish and Media

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and the baseball writers of America must take the most blame for the steroids era, writes Samori Benjamin.

Lighting Rod

With the acquisition of closer Francisco Rodriquez, the New York Mets fill their biggest hole by adding a man who holds the single season saves record. Rodriquez also gives the Mets another guy who loves to dance on the field. Something they have not been able to back up. They've fired up division rivals in the process, and it has cost them.

Not Worthy Of Cooperstown

Over his 18 year career Mike Mussina had some of the best "stuff" of any pitcher in the game. To bad he didn't pitch to the ability of his stuff because he was not a great pitcher.

Yanks Must Land This Man

In 2008, The New York Yankees failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993. Pitcher C.C. Sabathia is an ace and available on the free agent market. The Yankees need to lock him up when free agency begins because he is the ace they've lacked for years, and his signing would create an instant buzz in New York City's black community.

Wassup With The Black QB?

The Black Quarterback was supposed to revolutionize the Position with their ability to run and throw, creating the ultimate threat. But after some years of failed expectations from the top black quarterbacks, some are wondering if their running style of play is the best way to lead an offense.

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