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Joe Frazier's Fight for Greatness
Joe Frazier’s grandson is a classmate of my 10-year-old daughter’s. And yesterday she came home and wanted to talk about the boy’s sadness. The way he looked, the way he felt, the way he told her to just leave him alone. She was sad because he was sad. I told her to just give him…
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Barry Bonds: Right Punishment, Wrong Reason?
Barry Bonds is not a nice person. He will degrade you, dismiss you and steal your confidence if he can. The smile. The arrogance. The smugness. It’s who he is. Let’s just say I don’t feel sorry for him. I’ve been on the business end of his abuse. But I’m not the only one who…
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Where Have All the Sports Heroes Gone?
Life for the black athlete in America has drastically changed in less than half a century. More money. More fame. More freedom. More everything. Yet despite the multimillion-dollar contracts, endorsement deals and free agency, professional athletics suffer from a huge void. I grew up during the 1970s and ’80s with superstars who made our jaws…
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When the Game Springs Forward
It’s April again, and Tiger Woods is in the hunt for his fifth Masters title at Augusta this weekend, 12 years after he became the first person of color to win at a previously whites-only golf course. Tiger’s chase comes at the end of a week in which we marked the 35th anniversary of Hank…
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