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Ezzard Charles was the best boxer in the world. But the world didn't realize it
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoPosthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990, Charles still wasn’t given...
Nathan Hare, scholar who led fight for Black studies, dies at 91
Washington Post· 6 hours agoThe death was announced by the Black Scholar, a journal Dr. Hare co-founded in 1969. Dr. Hare was...
Willie Mays, Entertaining Icon of Baseball, Dies at 93
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoWillie Mays, the incandescent center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants whose...
The Incredible True-Crime-Gansta Story Behind 'Fight Night'
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat’s the prevailing sentiment after one episode of the true crime podcast, “Fight Night.” However,...
Bob Costas explains there was more to Willie Mays than his on-field greatness
Today· 4 days ago“Willie was about, yes, greatness, but statistics, as tremendous as they are, do not do him justice,...
President Joe Biden Joins Hollywood Legends In Paying Tribute To Donald Sutherland
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe was placed on the National Security Agency’s “Watch List,” which also included Muhammad Ali,...
Today in Sports History: Ken Griffey Jr. hits the 500th home run of his career
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoIn 2004, Ken Griffey Jr. hits the 500th home run of his career, off Matt Morris, to help the...
What Donald Trump Learned From Don King
New York Times· 5 days agoFor more than three decades, the boxing promoter Don King and Donald J. Trump have shared an enduring friendship and some defining surface similarities:...
Tiger Woods Checks Into Clinic On This Day In 2017 After DUI Arrest | Real 106.1
iHeartRadio· 3 days agoToday in 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in 34 deaths, more than 400 injured and 18-hundred arrests ...
Today in History: Lizzie Borden found not guilty
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoOn June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother. In 1947, Gangster...