Sports

Here’s What A White Ally Looks Like (part I) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 11, 2020 In 1937, baseball was a segregated, primarily Eastern sport… but in the off-season, major leaguers often competed against Negro League teams in California. Against that backdrop, second-year phenom Joe DiMaggio was asked to name the toughest pitcher he had ever faced. Without hesitation, the Yankee Clipper told a group of reporte ...

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Climb Every Mountain (Well, Maybe Not) | Mickey Z.

Gangkhar Puensum seen from Gophu La Pass; it is Bhutan's highest mountain at an elevation of 7,570 m (24,836 ft) and most likely the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Image: Photo by Gradytheb ...

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The Sports of Kings | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 5, 2018 Being a horseracing aficionado, this writer knows that the title of this column -- The Sports of Kings -- has always pertained ...

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You can learn a lot about misogyny from how NY Times 'mourned' Althea Gibson | Mickey Z.

Photo collage: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 15, 2018 “Gangly Harlem street urchin” Althea Gibson was one of the greatest and most important tennis players of all-time. Btw, she was b ...

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Was Muhammad Ali over-rated? (spoiler: yes, in every possible way) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Muhammad Ali -- “The Greatest” -- was not only vastly overrated as a fighter but even more overrated as a rebel-activist-revolutionary-humanitarian. Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...

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That time I changed the course of women’s tennis history (nbd) | Mickey Z.

Martina NavratilovaMickey Z. -- World News Trust May 21, 2017 I’ve sometimes gained personal training clients thanks to the ordinary act of correcting a stranger’s workout form. You see, to put it bl ...

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That time when male violence altered the history of women’s tennis | Mickey Z.

Edited photo by Mickey Z. (Original photo by Mark Sandten/Bongarts/Getty Images) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 3, 2017 Not too long ago, while leaving the gym, I overheard a conversation about ...

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They Want Kaepernick to go Kaput! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 1, 2016 A 28-year-old man, born of a single white 19-year-old woman (most likely Italian American) and an Afro-American father, had a ...

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Children of Howdy Doody... 60 Years On | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 26, 2016 Growing up in what we considered "Beautiful Brooklyn" in the 50s and 60s, who would wish to live anywhere else? We had tree-lin ...

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Jackie and Me: A Brooklyn Thing | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 21, 2015 We have memories, like flashes of lightning from afar -- now we see them, now we don't. Yet, one can almost call upon them at ...

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'Truth is outside of all patterns' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. The Activist Tao of Bruce Lee Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2015 Teacher: What is the highest technique you hope to achieve? Lee: To have no technique. I’ve been know ...

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