EPISODE · Oct 25, 2022 · 29 MIN
The Return of the Great White Hope
from The Untold History of Sports in America · host iHeartPodcasts
In the 1980s, white athletes for some Americans came to represent white excellence in a sports world dominated by black athletes. Matt Andrews illustrates this through the stories of three white sports legends-NBA player Larry Bird, boxer Gerry Cooney...and fictional fighter Rocky Balboa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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