sports
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Racism and baseball’s home run king
As PSLweb.org publishes this piece, San Francisco Giant’s slugger Barry Bonds has 755 home runs—a tie with Hank Aaron’s all-time…
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Anti-gay bigotry, the NBA and John Amaechi’s coming out
The following article appeared Mar. 2 on pslweb.org. In February 2007, John Amaechi became the first male professional basketball player…
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Anti-gay bigotry, the NBA and John Amaechi’s coming out
In February 2007, John Amaechi became the first male professional basketball player to publicly announce that he is gay. He…
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Racist University of Illinois mascot finally barred
After a 20-year campaign by Native American activists and their supporters, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sports mascot that…
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College football players exploited by universities
Every January, the college football season culminates with the national championship game. This year, it was played on Jan. 8…
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Warren Moon: First Black quarterback in Hall of Fame
Warren Moon became the first Black quarterback in the modern era to be inducted into the pro football Hall of…
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The racist witch hunt targeting Barry Bonds
Few people in the United States have been able to escape the media barrage against San Francisco Giant’s slugger Barry…
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World Cup incident highlights racism
The 2006 World Cup in Germany gripped the attention of millions around the world. Soccer is the "world’s sport" and,…
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Sports and the struggle for socialism
Why is the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a party of dedicated communist revolutionaries, putting a sports column on-line? Many…
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