Profile Photo shows a team of mathematicians in October 2008 in Washington, D.C. The group and several former NFL players inspired Damali Binta Yael's research on sports and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics areas. Damali sometimes uses sports databases to write, and develop new ways of analyziing sports. Damali is preparing a paper on "Sports and Mathematics." It will be presented at the MAA Winter Meeting, in San Francisco, January 2010.

Outstanding Student at Prairie View A & M University. A salute to Kyron G., an aspiring wide receiver who wants to play in the NFL someday. Damali met him and his mother on July 31, 2009. I want to encourage him to press toward the mark, the high call of excellent achievement in character, sports and life, in general. Kyron gets lots of advice from Pastor Danny Davis, the University of Houston Hall of Honor quarterback. Kyron says, Davis talks football with him often. Davis was an outstanding NCAA quarterback during his college days. When I met Kyron on July 31, I had one of my B/R articles with me. I handed it to him, to symbolize an impartation of talent and "tamim" to him, a wide receiver of the next generation. Salute to Kyron!