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MLB Suspends Josh Donaldson for Calling Tim Anderson ‘Jackie’

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 6:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
MLB suspends Josh Donaldson for calling Tim Anderson Jackie

A racist incident blew up at Yankee Stadium on Saturday between Josh Donaldson of the Yankees and Tim Anderson of the White Sox. It threw into stark relief why football has replaced baseball as America’s favorite pastime. Not to mention the perfectly compelling reasons I provided recently in “Another Baseball Lockout as Pecan Pie Dethrones… Read more.

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Muhammad Ali, Celebrated Boxer and Conscientious Objector, Is Dead

Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Muhammad Ali was “The Greatest of All Time” – even if he said so himself. But what made him undeniably so had to do with what he did (and said) outside, as much as inside, the boxing ring. Of course, his opponents – from Sonny Liston to Joe Frazier and George Foreman – would readily… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Nation of Islam, Parkinson's disease

Michael Sam a More Worthy Jackie Robinson of Gay Athletes than Jason Collins

Monday, May 12, 2014 at 7:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
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Michael Sam made history (of sorts) on Saturday when the St. Louis Rams selected him in the seventh and final round of this year’s NFL Draft. But it’s important to keep his selection in context. Here, in this regard, is what I wrote earlier this year, when everyone hailing Sam today was hailing Jason Collins,… Read more.

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