Posts tagged: Professional Sports

Rename the Braves in Honor of Hank Aaron? Great Idea!

January 25, 2021 | By Fritz Holznagel

A wonderful movement is afoot to rename baseball’s Atlanta Braves with a name that’s less racist and also honors the team’s greatest hero, the late ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron: The #Hammers …..

Kobe Bryant sweats and smiles during a pause in a basketball game

Kobe Bryant is Dead in a Helicopter Crash at Age 41

January 26, 2020 | By Fritz Holznagel

Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles, according to TMZ, ESPN and other sources. His 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant (known as GiGi), …..

Photo of Jackie Robinson in Dodgers uniform, shot from below, poised to swing

Jackie Robinson, Happy 100th Birthday!

January 31, 2019 | By Fritz Holznagel

Happy 100th birthday to Jackie Robinson, one of the true American heroes of the 20th century. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, a racist barrier so strange and …..