Once upon a time there lived a baseball player who ran as swiftly and gracefully as a jaguar, who could perform magic without taking special “beans” and who spent his off-season helping humanity. It seems like a fairy tale, but fairy tales have happy endings. Roberto Clemente had no such thing. He died as he ...
January 17, 1942 was a chilly day in Louisville, Kentucky. It was also the day that Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Odessa and Cassius Clay Senior. Cassius Clay was an Afro-American, and he grew up in that city. When he was just twelve years old, an incident happened there that would forever change his ...
As Derek Jeter reaches 3,000 career hits, I can’t help but notice the buzz around his legacy and Hall of Fame credentials. Whether you’re tweeting, listening to sports radio or reading blogs, the debate is endless. Is Derek Jeter an overrated player? I hear the word ‘overrated’ now more than ever to describe Derek Jeter. ...
At the end of 2006, Detroit’s world famous city-sponsored Kronk Boxing Gym officially closed its doors for good. Since 1969, under the guiding hand of boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, the Kronk produced over two dozen world boxing champions, including Tommy “Hitman” Hearns, Leon Spinks, Mustafa Muhammad, and Aaron Pryor. Steward also trained six gold medal ...
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