Raise your awareness, take a closer look at racism in American sports

John Feinstein's 44th book, "Raise and Fist, Take a Knee" examines progress that still needs to be made understanding racism in American sports. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Jackie Robinson’s 1972 autobiography, published within a week of his 1972 death, was titled, “I Never had it Made.” The gifted athlete -- a four-sport star at UCLA – challenged American racism by breaking the Major League Baseball color line in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Then…

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Alabama native Garrison Brooks and UNC coach Roy Williams on Hank Aaron legacy beyond baseball

By TOM SHANAHAN North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks was recruited from Hank Aaron’s home state of Alabama, so the All-ACC forward knows more about the Baseball Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient than most people his age. “He was a true Alabama legend on and off the field,” Brooks said. “My granddaddy always spoke of him. He said he was one of the greatest human beings someone could model themselves after.” Aaron’s death Friday at age…

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It’s time for Tiger Woods to fade away

By TOM SHANAHAN Tiger Woods missed something called the “secondary cut” on Saturday at Torrey Pines, a San Diego seaside course that has been his home away from home since his junior golf days. The secondary cut wasn’t prime beef. It was fat at the bottom of the leaderboard. Then Woods just faded from the scene as the tournament moved on to Sunday’s final round. Yes, for all you weepy-eyed golf writers and uninformed golf fans who only watch when…

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