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Olympic legend Tommie Smith in Paris: Civil rights ‘a perpetual stand’ 56 years after raised fist
San Jose Mercury News· 4 days agoThe audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for...
Willie Mays: Saying a final goodbye to baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’
United Press International via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoWillie Mays, who died Wednesday at age 93, was not only the greatest baseball player of the last 80...
Report sounds warning over extreme heat at Paris Olympics
RFI via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA report backed by climate scientists and athletes has warned that extreme temperatures expected at...
Ricardo M. Urbina, Trailblazing Latino Judge in Capital, Dies at 79
New York Times· 1 day agoBefore being appointed to the bench in Washington, he was a track star who became a symbol of...
French athletes avoided talking politics. The rise of the far right changed that.
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 days agoFrance’s soccer captain and arguably the best player in the world, Kylian Mbappé, is in the news...
‘Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics’ Review: Hitler’s Nemesis, Seen Afresh
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoThis History Channel documentary offers a new perspective on the track star’s life and legacy, from...
Ricardo Urbina, judge who once helped fuel Olympics protests, dies at 78
Washington Post· 2 days agoRicardo Urbina, a Washington-based federal judge whose thwarted bid in the 1960s to join the New...
Olympics news website Insidethegames says 'banned' from Paris 2024
RFI via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoOlympics news website Insidethegames.biz, which was acquired by a Russian-run fund, says it has been...
Blaine Newnham, former Register-Guard sports editor and columnist, dies at 82
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoHe worked the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City; seeing Bob Beamon’s historic long jump and...
Warriors play-by-play broadcaster Bob Fitzgerald to call Paris Olympics
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoThe upcoming Summer Olympics basketball tournament will feature a familiar voice for Warriors fans....