Race & Sports: HBO’s Bomani Jones on the Future of Equity & Opportunity in Sports

Thanks to a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies, the Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (Wharton CEO), and the Wharton Sports Analytics Business Initiative (WSABI), the 2023 Race and Sports event returned on Thursday, April 27.

This year’s event was especially meaningful as it marked the first successful return of the event since 2019. Attendees welcomed HBO “Game Theory'' host and long-time sports media analyst Bomani Jones for a conversation on race and sports.

Students and members of the Penn community gathered on the second floor of Huntsman Hall for a wide-ranging and free-flowing conversation, moderated by Kenneth Shropshire, the David W. Hauck professor emeritus at the Wharton School, emeritus professor of Africana Studies, and senior advisor to the dean for Wharton CEO. Jones, whose sports media presence spans decades and several media outlets, spoke at length on gender dynamics in sports, the difficult path ahead for Black sports owners, the value of agent representation, and more over the course of 90 minutes.

Bomani Jones is the host of Game Theory with Bomani Jones on HBO, where he tackles sports and their intersections with the world. He also hosts The Right Time with Bomani Jones podcast on ESPN. As CEO of Old Soul Productions, Bomani hosts The Evening Jones, an audience driven podcast discussing a range of pop culture topics.

For over 20 years, Bomani has written on sports, music, culture and politics for various online and print publications. He is a former contributor for SBNation.com, and the former host of The Morning Jones on The Score on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.

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