Sports
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That time when male violence altered the history of women’s tennis | Mickey Z.
Edited photo by Mickey Z. (Original photo by Mark Sandten/Bongarts/Getty Images) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 3, 2017 Not too long ago, while leaving the gym, I overheard a conversation about ...
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They Want Kaepernick to go Kaput! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 1, 2016 A 28-year-old man, born of a single white 19-year-old woman (most likely Italian American) and an Afro-American father, had a ...
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Children of Howdy Doody... 60 Years On | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 26, 2016 Growing up in what we considered "Beautiful Brooklyn" in the 50s and 60s, who would wish to live anywhere else? We had ...
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Jackie and Me: A Brooklyn Thing | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 21, 2015 We have memories, like flashes of lightning from afar -- now we see them, now we don't. Yet, one can almost call upon them at ...
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'Truth is outside of all patterns' | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. The Activist Tao of Bruce Lee Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2015 Teacher: What is the highest technique you hope to achieve? Lee: To have no technique. I’ve been ...
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TOON: FIFA Gets A Red Card | Gregory Crawford
Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust May 28, 2015 "FIFA gets a red card." Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford. © 2015 World News Trust. "FIFA Gets A Red Card" by Gregory Crawford is licensed under ...
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The 99 Yarder -- A Brooklyn Story Circa 1970 | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust April 30, 2015 The skinny-legged wide receiver with 4.7 speed* (fast for a white guy in 1970) was running like "a thief from a grocery ...
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Biggest Fight Ever? Jack Johnson, Not “Money” Mayweather | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 27, 2015 While the Society of the Spectacle gears up for the “biggest fight of all time,” featuring renowned domestic abuser and ...
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The Fault Dear Brutus... | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust March 16, 2015 This March 19th will commemorate the 12th anniversary of the most heinous act committed in recent history by my country's ...
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The Fix is In!! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 12, 2015 Sports have always been a keen reflection of the greater culture of our times. The Roman Empire was a devouring beast that ...
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Media Pile On: Don Sterling Yes, the Empire NO! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust April 30, 2014 Let me preface these new thoughts by stating that what another billionaire says or does because he feels "above the rest of we serfs" is never ...
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