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 …showed first 75 words of 774 total…

…showed last 75 words of 774 total…more scientific explanation. Nevertheless, who's to say that African Americans don't work hard to excel at a sport? We never questioned it when whites were at the top, so why question it now just because it's African Americans? It could be a case of what society they were raised in as to what they valued more- education or sports. Either way, as in most cases, nature and nurture both play a part in the success