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Rafer Johnson lighting Olympic flame in '84 ultimate moment for Coliseum, his family
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoIt could be could argued that Rafer Johnson lighting the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics is...
NFL’s original shutdown corner, Fresno County legend Jimmy Johnson, dies at 86
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJimmy Johnson, who grew up in Kingsburg and went on to become one of the greatest cornerbacks in NFL...
Jimmy Johnson, Hall of Fame cornerback who starred for 49ers, dies at 86
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoPro Football Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson, a lockdown cornerback who spent his entire 16-year career...
Hall of Fame defensive back Jimmy Johnson dead at age 86
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoPro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Jimmy Johnson, a three-time All-Pro and member of the...
Jimmy Johnson, legendary 49er Hall of Famer, dies at 86
United Press International via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoFormer NFL legend Jimmy Johnson, who spent his entire 16-year pro football career with the San...
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis article originally appeared in The American Prospect. One thing seems certain if the Supreme...
Photos: Roz Wyman dies; council member helped bring the Dodgers to L.A.
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRosalind "Roz" Wyman won a seat on the Los Angeles City Council when she was just 22, back in 1953....
TUPATALK: Serendipity is like a mud puddle; memories of a lucky writer
Examiner Enterprise via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoSometimes I feel like a sun-scorched pig that stumbled over a log and rolled into a fresh mud...
Bill Plaschke recalls his most memorable moments inside 100-year-old L.A. Coliseum
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoA television cameraman photographs the Los Angeles Xtreme cheerleaders before an XFL game in 2001....
Dick Dewar: Air Force veteran reflects on a lifetime of service
Aiken Standard, S.C. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 5—Service just comes naturally for Dick Dewar, and he has served the country as a member of the Air Force and Aiken as a member of its city council. Dewar said was born in 1941 in Cambridge ...