1948 was a pretty amazing year to be a sports fan in Cleveland. The newly formed Cleveland Browns had just rattled off a perfect 14-0 season on their way to a third All-America Football Conference championship in three years, the… Read More ›
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Manipulating Greatness: 42 & the Integration Sub-Genre in American Sports Films
This Friday will see the release of 42, the latest in what looks to be Hollywood’s cloying habit of turning seminal moments in the racial integration of American sport into hackneyed, overly-sentimental moneymakers. That 42 is the story of Jackie… Read More ›
