Read more about the article NFL 360 producing documentary on Jimmy Raye

NFL 360 producing documentary on Jimmy Raye

-30- PHOTO: Tom Shanahan, NFL 360 director/producer Osahon Tongo, Edgar Farmer and Donald Raye. I invite you to visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN I enjoyed spending the day, Tuesday, November 22, at E.E. Smith High in Fayetteville, N.C., at the invitation of NFL 360 director/producer Osahon Tongo. He invited me down as the author of "Raye of Light" for interviews on a documentary on Jimmy Raye, Michigan's pioneering Black quarterback and pioneering Black coach in…

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Read more about the article Podcast series, Growing Green: A Football Family

Podcast series, Growing Green: A Football Family

Growing Green: A Football Family is a 19-part series on Michigan State football from Biggie Munn and Duffy Daugherty through Mark Dantonio and now head coach Mel Tucker. The episodes air at 4:30 p.m. ET each Thursday on The Drive with Jack, mid-Michigan's sports talk show hosted by Jack Ebling. Con Demos and I join Jack each week with our historical perspective from our books. Ebling was named the Michigan Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports…

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Read more about the article Black History Month sale special for Raye of Light: Book tells story of Michigan State’s 1960s teams leading college football integration

Black History Month sale special for Raye of Light: Book tells story of Michigan State’s 1960s teams leading college football integration

Click here for purchase link Note: Take anything you've heard about the 1970 USC-Alabama game (besides the final score and Sam Cunningham running for 135 yards and two touchdowns) as a pivotal moment and hit the delete button. The rest of the tale has been embellished by revisionist history with myths and outright fiction at the expense of the true 1960s pioneers. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Mark Black History Month with Raye of Light When Jimmy Raye enrolled at Michigan…

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