Bloom Archives
Tag: Big Ten Conference
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Bloomingtonians Who Broke the Color Barrier
In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson smashed baseball’s color barrier when he became the first African American to play in the major leagues.…
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Cover Story: College Sports in Crisis
BY MIKE LEONARD Renowned sportswriter and commentator Frank Deford is unsparing in his criticism of intercollegiate athletics. “It is an inequitable system. It is…