Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson

February 10, 2017February 9, 2017 univnebpress

The following excerpt comes from Before Jackie Robinson: The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers by Gerald R. Gems (February 2017). From Chapter 3: When Great Wasn’t Good Enough Sam Ransom’s Journey from Athlete to Activist The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, … Continue reading Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson

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From the desk of Jeff Goldberg: My Memory of Pat Summitt

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 univnebpress

Jeff Goldberg was the UConn women’s basketball writer for the Hartford Courant from 2001 to 2006 and is the author of Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee, and the Twelve Years that Transcended Women’s Basketball (Nebraska, 2015) and Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a … Continue reading From the desk of Jeff Goldberg: My Memory of Pat Summitt

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Excerpt: Before Jackie Robinson

From the desk of Jeff Goldberg: My Memory of Pat Summitt