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Friday, January 17, 2025
A review of Ken Burns’ “Muhammad Ali” (PBS)
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He was born Cassius Clay, but joined the Nation of Islam and then changed his name He was one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth cen...
Thursday, January 31, 2019
A review of Ken Burns’ “Jackie Robinson” (PBS)
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“ ♪ Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball? It went zoomin 'cross the left field wall. Yeah boy, yes, yes. Jackie hits that ball....
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
A review of Ken Burns’ “Baseball” (PBS)
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“♪ Katie Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad. Just to root for the home town crew, Ev'ry sou Katie blew. ♪ ♪ On...
Thursday, March 31, 2016
A review of “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson”
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"Boxing has fallen into disfavor ... The reason is clear: Jack Johnson ... has out-sparred an Irishman. He did it with little brutali...
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