September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK

Cover photo (L-R): Stanford's all-minority backfield in 1970: Jackie Brown, Hillary Shockley and Jim Plunkett. Visit my home page, TomShanahanReport *** “History writes people out of the story. It's our job to write them back in.” --- David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. BY TOM SHANAHAN We’ve been misled by myths surrounding the 1970 USC-Alabama game’s racial impact. The revisionist history has cost the true 1960s pioneers of college football integration their due. They’ve been forgotten. They are hidden…

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Johnny Green and the NCAA night he met Adolph Rupp

Michigan State’s Johnny Green brought out the best in just about everyone during the 1956-57 basketball season. Upon joining the Spartans' 4-7 lineup in January, he sparked a 10-game winning streak that captured the school's first Big Ten hoop title. And “just about everyone” included Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp, a man history has painted as a racist while he ruled his segregated state and Southeastern Conference basketball. Michigan State and Kentucky met in the 1957 NCAA Mideast…

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