What happens when a former flashy athlete, his model perfect wife and their five children, live in a hot 40,000-square-foot mansion and have their lives videotaped to find out what happens when black families get real? 'Prime Time' gold.



According to the Hollywood Reporter, Oxygen's 'Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love' set network records in its premiere airing, becoming the channel's most-watched original series premiere ever. Following the lives of sports star Deion Sanders, Pilar Sanders and their family, the reality show scored big in the desirable demos of women ages 18-34 and 18-49 and men and women 18-49.

By Rebecca Brody, Certified Empowerment Coach

Q: How do you balance the love and financial aspect in a relationship? My husband and I know we need to support each other, and we are both working toward the same thing, but there is financial stress and it is affecting the relationship. We are both hardworking individuals, and we love each other, but the financial stress is causing problems. How do we balance love and finance?

By Alexis Stodghill, BlackVoices.com

Ballers. Players. You see black celebrities on television and on the blogs living a life of luxury -- partying every night, throwing money in the air and drinking bottles of champagne that cost hundreds of dollars. Baller Alert™ is a service designed to help any and all connect with this scene. Sign up, and get text messages with info on the hottest parties with the biggest ballers in your city.

It is no secret that many search out ballers hoping to exchange sex for currency, fame or otherwise, and that many of these people are women. In making this process easier, does Baller Alert™ promote the intense materialism of our culture, and the resulting objectification of women? The creators of Baller Alert™, the companies Lyon Entertainment and Teccworks (whose managers choose to remain anonymous at this time), respond to these ideas and more in our exclusive interview.

By Shawn Johnson, BDO Staff Writer

It seems like we are constantly being pressured into talking about our feelings with our women. When we don't exude the enthusiastic desire to discuss every intricate detail of our minds and our feelings, they get mad at us.

Don't be so shocked ladies, but guys do actually talk, and not just about sports. Most women think their man is the strong, silent type (or maybe the oblivious, silent type), and they wonder why he doesn't share his feelings.

But here's the truth: Men do want to open up, about their hopes, their fears, and their passions. Yet put him alone in a room with you, and he often turns into a sphinx. Why can't he take his eyes off the TV and talk about the state of the relationship, or the finances, or, heck, the backyard landscaping? Why in the world can't he just summarize his day for 10 minutes?

In fact, one in five women say that they typically fight about a man's lack of verbal interaction and 30 percent of men say their failure to communicate is the source of major conflict in the relationship. Why is it this way?

Courtesy of NiaOnline


Resolving to argue less in the New Year? Black relationship columnist SékouWrites shares three tips for keeping the peace in your love relationship in 2008. Try putting in play these bits of advice.

Apologize Often

I once had a girlfriend who apologized constantly. Now, before you start rolling your eyes (and your neck), let me make it clear that she did not at all prostrate herself at my feet. I also don't mean to imply that she was constantly doing me wrong, either. It was just "in" her to err on the side of caution. When our cell phones got disconnected because of a weak signal, she'd say "sorry" when we connected again. When she was late, she'd say "sorry" as soon as she arrived.