Bid whist was once called “a b-boy form of bridge” by Time magazine. The partnered bidding card game is popular in the Black community, but little known outside it. In his new book, The Gist of Bid ...

The book celebrates Bid Whist, reviving its legacy and introducing it to a new audience through storytelling, strategy, and community-building initiatives. 'The Gist of Bid Whist' puts it all on the ...

Bid whist is the African-American community's grand elder to the common card game "spades." Whist is all about art, style, tradition — and smack talking. It's also a gathering point for friends and ...

Bid Whist, a card game of bidding with partners to earn points, originated in London. How did it become a favorite among African Americans? Ed Gordon talks with Greg Morrison, co-author of Rise and ...

After facing off in an intense battle of skills in a card game marked by shrewd bidding, the Gordons, the G.I.'s and other two-member teams in the Astrodome-area's Raven's Bid Whist and Dominos Club ...

Tim Johnson may smile a bit when he first sits down to play a hand of bid whist. And when he gets his cards, he might make a quip or two. But pretty quickly, his mind shifts to the hand he’s been ...

Tony Thomas, education program coordinator at the Anacostia Community Museum, remembers when he was a boy joining other youngsters in the basement while upstairs his parents hosted a card game called, ...

When Almaria and Tiffany Clark pulled out their card tournament medals and put them around their necks, they wanted everyone to know that they had come to win. But the Tuesday night regulars they ...

After facing off in an intense battle of skills in a card game marked by shrewd bidding, the Prophets, Dos Divas and other two-member teams in southwest Houston's 4 Aces Bid Whist Club share the ...