Category: Sports
Sports Plantation
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A look at why so many Black athletes never graduate from White colleges. Guest: John Thompson (407)
The Winning Spirit
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Arthur Ashe, Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Robinson and Marcus Haines are all legends in the sports world. These renowned athletes are among the personalities profiled on this edition for their “winning spirit.” (2205)
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)
Jim Brown: Out of Bounds
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This 1989 program features National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer football player Jim Brown. It has been said by many sports observers that Jim Brown is one of the greatest football players that have ever lived....
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)
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...
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...
