Read more about the article Two famed Hawaii trees with lengthy branches: The Banyan tree and the Ah You football family

Two famed Hawaii trees with lengthy branches: The Banyan tree and the Ah You football family

PHOTO: Leonard Ah You was a star and popular player at his grandfather's alma mater, storied Kahuku High on Oahu's North Shore. Visit my website home page TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Leonard Ah You’s recent commitment to Michigan State out of Hawaii's Kahuku High tapped more than the Spartans’ famed Hawaiian Pipeline under College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty in the 1950s and 1960s. He is a link to a renowned family history, too. Ah You is…

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Read more about the article The Jimmy Raye Project: A Story of a Man who carved a path for Black players and coaches

The Jimmy Raye Project: A Story of a Man who carved a path for Black players and coaches

PHOTO: Jimmy Raye today posing as if he had boarded Duffy Daugherty's Underground Railroad in 1964 bound for Michigan State. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report NFL Media's release promoting its February 8 screening of a documentary on Jimmy Raye during Super Bowl week. *** The National Football League is celebrating this Black History Month with a private screening of The Jimmy Raye Project, a special episode of the Emmy Award-Winning series 'NFL 360' that explores how one man's story…

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Read more about the article Herman Edwards on learning about Duffy’s Underground Railroad

Herman Edwards on learning about Duffy’s Underground Railroad

Reposted from my former website, July 12, 2019. PHOTO: Herman Edwards with Tom Izzo (L) and Mark Dantonio at 2018 Michigan State-Arizona State game in Tempe, Arizona. By TOM SHANAHAN Arizona State coach Herm Edwards offered an observation about young athletes, breaking into his familiar belly laugh that fills a room. They view the 1960s as ancient history, he says. “It’s amazing. They think the ’60s was a long time ago. It wasn’t that long ago. I lived…

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