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Willie Mays: Saying a final goodbye to baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’
United Press International via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoWillie Mays, who died Wednesday at age 93, was not only the greatest baseball player of the last 80...
Ricardo Urbina, judge who once helped fuel Olympics protests, dies at 78
Washington Post· 6 days agoRicardo Urbina, a Washington-based federal judge whose thwarted bid in the 1960s to join the New...
‘Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics’ Review: Hitler’s Nemesis, Seen Afresh
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThis History Channel documentary offers a new perspective on the track star’s life and legacy, from...
Ricardo M. Urbina, trailblazing Latino judge in capital, dies at 78 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoIn 2007, he extended habeas corpus rights to Shawqi Ahmad Omar, a citizen of Jordan and the United...
French athletes avoided talking politics. The rise of the far right changed that.
The Christian Science Monitor· 6 days agoFrance’s soccer captain and arguably the best player in the world, Kylian Mbappé, is in the news...
Blaine Newnham, former Register-Guard sports editor and columnist, dies at 82
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTribune, he chronicled present and future Olympians. He worked the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico...
The Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days agoThe Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes from 200 countries or regions. Here’s a look at how...