Read more about the article Another authoritative voice praises Duffy Daugherty’s leadership integrating college football

Another authoritative voice praises Duffy Daugherty’s leadership integrating college football

PHOTO: MEAC commissioner Dr. Dennis Thomas. Visit my website homepage, Tom Shanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN My phone call was placed to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference commissioner Dr. Dennis Thomas. I wanted to ask him about the significance of Duke football’s decade-plus willingness to share the wealth, scheduling games with HBCU opponents. Thomas got on the phone. First, though, he said he wanted to discuss another subject. Uh, oh. Writers don’t like to hear that. My mind began racing. I…

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Read more about the article Part III: The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bear Bryant myths

Part III: The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bear Bryant myths

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Part III: Scripted in Hollywood, unaware of South's timeline The 1980 Time quotes in Parts I & II, in retrospect, may have been the genesis of Bear Bryant mythology. Doors were open to more tales, although oddly enough the 1970 USC-Alabama myths began in Hollywood, not Tuscaloosa. The original intent of 1970 USC-Alabama myth with Bryant inviting the Trojans to Legion Field in Birmingham was to aggrandize USC’s own dubious…

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Part II: The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bear Bryant myths

I invite you to visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Part II: Bear's second deception and something missing from 1980 "Time" story Bear Bryant made a second deceptive quote in the Time 1980 article in addition to he wanted to be the Branch Rickey of football during his Kentucky coaching days, 1946-53. "They told me no. So for years, I used to recommend all these great black players to schools up North." There are no names…

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