Category: Sports
Gold Is Also Black: The Story of a Black Quarterback
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Sandy Stephens was the first Black man to play quarterback for the storied University of Minnesota football team. In many ways, he was a forerunner of the athletic quarterbacks in the NFL today, scrambling to extend p...
A $40 Million Slave
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William C. Rhoden, New York Times’ sports columnist and author of “Forty Million Dollar Slaves,” discusses the evolution of exploitation in athletics. (3004)
The Price of Gold
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A look at the history of the Olympics and the American athletes who have shared or hoped to share in the Olympic spirit. (314)
1980 Olympics: Lost Gold
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A discussion of the pros and cons of the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. (306)
Arthur Ashe’s Whistleblower
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A journalist talks about Ashe’s youth and tennis. (2804)
The Mystery of Black Survival in Sports
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Educators Dana Brooks and Ron Althouse, editors of “Racism in College Sports,” provide a scholarly approach to the issue of racism in college athletics.(2810)
No More Jackie Robinsons
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Shaun Powell, Newsday sports columnist and author of Souled Out? How Blacks Are Winning and Losing in Sports, dissects issues like the reluctance among many sports stars to engage in Black activism or their indifferen...
