That he has never been limited in his thinking when it comes to his own business potential has a great deal to do with why John Bryant is one of the most influential black men in America.

A fact not lost on three U.S. presidents—Bush, Clinton and Obama—all of whom he has served including his present post on the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability.

It was a sad day for the sports world when Marion Jones stood before a U.S. District judge and came clean about her use of performance enhancing drugs after pleading guilty to two counts of lying to federal investigators.

Never in her life could Jones have imagined that she would go to prison, having become the first woman ever to win five medals at one Olympics at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.