Post Tagged with: "Athlete Activism"

The Athletes We Share and the Athletes Who Divide Us

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, has thirty plus year legacy of making thought-provoking documentaries for PBS. His current subject is Muhammad Ali. Burns’ four-part look at Ali’s life and times premiered on Sunday and continues over the next three days. There is probably no athlete, perhaps at any time in history, […]

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This Age of Athlete Activism is Rooted in 9/11

Soon after the Twin Towers fell on September 11th, 2001, I received a phone call from Los Angeles. The voice of the Fox Sport Net assignment desk editor was hurried and bit tentative. “It is all hands on deck. Fox News is asking all our reporters in New York to […]

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