In the movie, 42, Branch Rickey tells Jackie Robinson that he is medicine. Actually, the exact quote is: “You’re the one living the sermon. In the wilderness . . . 40 days . . .all of it. Only you. . . .You can get out there and hit. You can get on base and score.… Continue reading #FBF: Sports Can Be Medicine
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#FBF: Taking The Street Fight To The Field
Source: Coursera (Sports & Society course) The world changes . . . sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Luckily, sports have been there to help guide the changes. Sports has been our medicine . . . a guiding light . . . a ray of hope. Our sports heroes remind us that… Continue reading #FBF: Taking The Street Fight To The Field
#TBT: Let Freedom Ring
Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it’s Independence Day Roll the stone away It’s Independence day ~Gretchen Peters & Martina McBride Sports can… Continue reading #TBT: Let Freedom Ring