deadspin.com - 9/18/2008
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Syracuse recently unveiled a statue of famed running back Ernie Davis. Davis was the first black person to win the Heisman Trophy and starred at Syracuse in the early 1960's. In addition to winning the Heisman Trophy, he was the overall number one pick in the 1962 NFL Draft. But he never ...
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An Epically Epic Link Dump!
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... I know it’s Yankee Stadium and everything, but it’s 1970’s Yankee Stadium. Not exactly the place where The Babe and Mantle played anymore. It’s mostly just a dump now, but ESPN is giving it a sendoff anyway - Awful Announcing
Not really the intent, but this is one of the better arguments for immediately moving professional baseball out of Tampa Bay - Big League Stew
Good work corporatizing a great story even more, Syracuse - Deadspin
Lane Kiffin is, indeed, still the head coach of the Raiders. Bad times - The ...
Runway Challenge Week 4: The Baby Mozart edition
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... Game 3: Iowa (+1) over PITTSBURGH - Speaking of Syracuse, and since I have nothing to add on this game, nice job by the Orange with the Ernie Davis statue recently dedicated on campus. Ernie, who finished his Syracuse career in 1962, is depicted in his statue wearing Nike cleats and with a Nike swoosh on his jersey. ...
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nunesmagician.blogspot.com 9/17/2008 — Official word from DOC Gross is in regarding Ernie Davis' Swooshy Shoes and that word is...we're on it. "Easy fix," Gross said in an e-mail today. "The sculptor is on it and will make it perfect." Gate E's Matt Gelb emailed the DOC and Gross' ...
'Cuse AD: Swooshes on Ernie Davis statue a mistake
sportingnews.com 9/17/2008 — By Matt Gelb , Syracuse Ernie Davis died tragically of leukemia in 1963. Eight years later, Nike invented the swoosh logo that has become synonymous with athletics. So why are there Nike swooshes all over the newly unveiled Ernie Davis statue on the ...
The Ernie Davis statue, from pride to saga
theorangesports.blogspot.com 9/19/2008 — I wasn't going to blog about the Ernie Davis statue and the whole thing behind the "Nike" logo, but as it is getting bigger and bigger I am going to say this, and then just drop it, since it's not going to change anything.
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