Sports and politics have never mixed except for that time when Jesse Owens won gold in front of Hitler, Jackie Robinson made his debut, Jim Brown started the Black Economic Union, Bill Russell marched for Civil Rights, Billie Jean King beat Riggs...
Smith and Carlos raised fists, every presidential first pitch, the marriage of the military and football, Shawn Green took every September off bc of his faith, Chris Jackson changing his name, Kaep taking a knee, the women's World Cup team, the 1980 Olympic boycott
Tillman leaving football for the Army, Martina coming out as a lesbian, Arthur Ashe's fight vs. AIDS, Babe Didrikson's dominance, Craig Hodges wearing a dashiki to the WH every WH visit by a winning sports team. But BESIDES THAT there have been no mixing of sports and politics
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