Black History Month: Sports Profiles
Isaac Murphy, Jack Johnson and Maggie Alphonsi made outstanding contributions in the fields of horseracing, boxing and rugby.
Isaac Murphy, Jack Johnson and Maggie Alphonsi made outstanding contributions in the fields of horseracing, boxing and rugby.
President Trump led the outcry against the protesters, slurring any player who takes a knee as a “son of a bitch.” The league owners panicked. One result was that Kaepernick — one of the most talented quarterbacks in a league that suffers a shortage of skilled players in that position — found himself locked out of a job.
Trump has been on a clemency kick of late, using his near-limitless power to pardon a growing list that includes a former White House aide, a conservative commentator and a former sheriff convicted of violating a judge’s orders who campaigned with Trump in 2016.
President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction.