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Unfortunately, Cobb couldn't punch.

I remember around 1989, a writer named Allan Barra wrote an article about Darryl Strawberry which said the Mets were "too white." This was the team that won a World Series in 1986 and a division title in 1988. Barra's theme was that Strawberry was being expected to lead a "team of white...

Sometimes I wonder if all MSM types really believe everything they say and write. In 2001, the now deceased Mark Kram published a book titled "Ghosts of Manila" about the Ali-Frazier rivalry. Kram was the boxing writer for Sports Illustrated for about a dozen years until being fired by SI in...

There is a boxing saying that a good big man will beat a good little man. Another one that I recall reading in Sports Illustrated in the early 70's is that "a good black man will always beat a good white man." This was part of an argument that a white heavyweight champion would never appear...

Does Al Davis even pretend to still use the old Raider long-passing game? Vick would not seem to fit.

Not necessarily. Almost 60 years ago, two Tennessee players did something worse than this while on the squad. They stayed on the team because the boosters wanted them to. As an old-line SEC fan, I can tell you that many SEC coaches of over 40 years ago would have recruited this player...

The book was titled, "PB: The Paul Brown Story," by Paul Brown with Jack Clary. It was published in 1979. You could find it through a library search or a used book service. Paul Brown goes into detail about his philosophy. There is a new biography of Brown in book stores now which I have not...

Davis grew up rooting for Red Blaik's Army football team. In the 1940's, the annual Army-Notre Dame game played in New York City was like the Super Bowl. New York's Irish and Italian Catholics rooted for Notre Dame. New York's Jewish population cheered for Army. I read this in a book on the 1951...

I can remember watching the 1958 World Series on television, but I couldn't remember that the Duke Lacrosse thread was in the Media Racism and Stereotyping forum! In her March 25, 2007 NY Times column, Roberts wrote: "Don't mess with Duke though. To shine a light on its integrity has been...

Don, Thanks a lot. I mistakenly thought it was in the Happy Hour forum. Sometimes my memory is a bit off! We must remember that not only was the MSM instrumental in pushing this hoax, but Sports Illustrated and ESPN were as hostile to the falsely accused as the New York Times. My theory on...

Back in 2006, there was a long thread on the Duke Lacrosse Hoax. Could someone provide the link to the thread?

Mike Brown's father, Paul, liked to be known for preferring good character among his players. When coaching the Cleveland Browns (the team he created and was named for him), Paul Brown emphasized that the Browns signified excellence. He had some players who didn't fit this mold, but made an...

Several times I have made the point that Jim Plunkett was always considered a white QB in his playing days. Back then, I read that Plunkett was 3/4 Mexican and 1/4 Irish. When Joe Gilliam started the 1974 opening game for the Steelers, the press made a big thing of "all the other NFL starters...

The Brady Bunch father was Robert Reed (1932-1992). I remember when he co-starred with E.G. Marshall in The Defenders from 1961-65.

As someone born in 1950, I have seen this in my lifetime. Over the last 40 years, I have often been amazed at the social breakdown in this country, and the complete indifference to it by the so-called elites. Over the centuries, most ruling classes, no matter how different, would prefer to have...

Switzer's book was titled, I think, "Bootlegger's Boy." You ought to get a hold of it. Switzer was forced out at Oklahoma mainly because his players were so "out of control." Regarding the charge that his players were criminally inclined, Switzer asserted that they were no worse than others, and...

My comment is not about track, but is on somewhat the same subject. Around 15-20 years ago, it was said that steriod use was a white-only problem. In 1991, long-time Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer put out a book. Switzer had a chapter in which he told of black athletic superiority. He...

I read The League years ago. Yes, part of the focus on Davis was because of his feud with Pete Rozelle, and they were waiting for Rozelle to present the Super Bowl trophy to Al Davis. Still, Tom Flores was little noticed for the head coach of a Super Bowl team.