Sports
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Hanging Out with Arnold at the Gym — Mickey Z.
(YouTube screenshot) Mickey Z. — Worlds News Trust March 1, 2021 I recently told you a little about my gig at the Vertical Club (VC). Think of it as Studio 54 with bench pressing (or is that ...
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That Time I Became Robin Hood — Mickey Z.
Eduard Muzhevskyi / Science Photo Library Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 7, 2021 With “Robin Hood” in the news recently, it’s made me hark back to a time when I engaged in some “steal from ...
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9 Movies and Songs to Steel Us for 2021 — Mickey Z.
YouTube screenshot from Rocky (1976) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 21, 2020 2020 is not done with us yet. We are divided and exhausted and focused on the present. Yet, we have to ...
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Can You Spell W-I-S-E-A-S-S? — Mickey Z.
Screenshot from eBay Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 1, 2020 Outside of hanging out with my friends, I never really liked school. Since I was able to do well without much effort, the situation ...
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That Time When Negro League Legend Josh Gibson Hit a Ball Out of Yankee Stadium | Mickey Z.
Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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