Read more about the article Milestones, Championships, Hall-of-Famers, the 1966 Game of the Century and the 1967 NFL draft

Milestones, Championships, Hall-of-Famers, the 1966 Game of the Century and the 1967 NFL draft

Quarterback Jimmy Raye (16), head coach Duffy Daugherty and co-captain Clinton Jones (26). Click here for the Kirkus Book Reviews of THE RIGHT THING TO DO Click here for the Kirkus Book Review of BUBBA’S DAD The Right Thing To Do was also endorsed by the Vanderbilt Sports and Society Initiative. The South's 1960s timeline made college football integration a fait accompli by 1970 - Tom Shanahan Report Visit my home page, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Duffy Daugherty's Michigan State ground-breaking 1960s teams…

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Read more about the article Air Coryell legend Doug Wilkerson’s path to NFL was supposed to ride Duffy’s Underground Railroad

Air Coryell legend Doug Wilkerson’s path to NFL was supposed to ride Duffy’s Underground Railroad

PHOTO: Doug Wilkerson is a member of the Black College Football Hall of Fame from his career at N.C. Central, but he planned to ride Duffy Daugherty's Michigan State Underground Railroad. That was until a schoolyard bet gone bad. By TOM SHANAHAN Doug Wilkerson’s death Monday at age 73 generated stories reflecting reverently on his career at three levels of football, professional, college and high school. And he deserved all the words of praise. He was as a…

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Read more about the article Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Michigan State between Oslo and Selma

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Michigan State between Oslo and Selma

By TOM SHANAHAN Martin Luther King Jr. visited Michigan State University’s campus 56 years ago today at the invitation of president John Hannah, African-American professor Dr. Robert Green and Michigan State's student government. MLK spoke to a full house of 4,000 that greeted him with a standing ovation on Feb. 11, 1965 at the MSU Auditorium. Among the crowd was Gene Washington, a passenger aboard Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty's 1960s Underground Railroad teams that led college football…

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