604556 news 1522519388 1522519388 <![CDATA[New Articles by Johnny Smith]]> Smith's first article, for The Daily Beast, is about Mickey Mantle, sportswriters, and how the myths of the National Pastime are created. The full article can be found at:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-are-sportswriters-whitewashing-baseballs-dark-secrets

Smith's second article is about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s activism as a famous college basketball player at UCLA and the debate among black athletes’ proposed boycott of the 1968
Olympics. From ESPN’s The Undefeated, here is the full story: 

https://theundefeated.com/features/lew-alcindor-kareem-abdul-jabbar-ucla-boycot-1968-olympics/

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