Tackling Life

Raiders grab WR Heyward-Bey with seventh overall pick

Updated: Saturday, April 25 2009 - 10:12 pm

After picking a quarterback and running back in the past two drafts, Oakland selects Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey to help bolster its offense.

Tackling Life: In 1992, football united a group of boys

By Jocelyn Wiener - Updated: Thursday, November 20 2008 - 5:27 pm

On the day they posed for the team photo in their black and silver football uniforms, the boys were still champions.

Part one: Sources

Published: Sunday, August 12 2007 - 12:00 am

Homicide rates: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 53, No. 17, March 7, 2005: Homicide was the leading cause of death for black males between the ages of 15 and 34.

Tackling Life: From football to a battle to survive

By Jocelyn Wiener - Updated: Monday, August 13 2007 - 5:13 am

As the former teammates grew up, many struggled. Some would meet violent deaths, but others would find redemption.

Part two: Sources

Updated: Tuesday, August 14 2007 - 4:38 pm

UCLA law school's "top 15" ranking: List published by U.S. News & World Report

Tackling Life: Ex-players deliver a message of redemption

By Jocelyn Wiener - Updated: Friday, August 17 2007 - 1:44 pm

Last November, over Thanksgiving weekend, a group of south Sacramento Raiders coaches and parents drove 28 squirmy 9-, 10- and 11-year-olds to Las Vegas for a national football tournament.

Part three: Sources

Published: Tuesday, August 14 2007 - 12:00 am

Young men's participation in violence peaking in late adolescence: a 2001 surgeon general's report, "Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General."

Groups helping youth reach out for support

By Jocelyn Wiener - Published: Tuesday, August 14 2007 - 12:00 am

Needed: Sponsorships for youth football players and cheerleaders who can't afford uniforms and equipment. Internships for high school students. Electronic keyboards and newer computers. Sports equipment and board games. Volunteers, especially men of color, to serve as mentors. Money.

About the staff

Published: Sunday, August 12 2007 - 12:00 am

Jocelyn Wiener started at The Bee as a writer in 2003 and has reported on social issues ranging from homelessness to education to youth violence. After graduating from Stanford University in 1999 with a degree in history and Latin American studies, she received a Fulbright scholarship to study El Salvador's youth gang problems. In 2002, she received a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Recently she was honored by the National Low Income Housing Coalition for a story on the Tahoe basin's housing crunch.

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