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The film tells the story of the life and career of Reggie Jackson, a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player, five-time World Series champion, and large personality in the 1970s and 1980s, and examines his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete. In the film, Jackson sits down with fellow athletes to discuss their legacies, and their ...
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The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]
Ty Cobb as a ball-playing bank clerk in a story by Grantland Rice. Baseball Madness: 1917 Comedy A silent film starring Gloria Swanson. The Busher: 1919 Comedy Small-town ballplayer gets a big head after joining the St. Paul Pink Sox. Headin' Home: 1920 Biographical A silent film about young Babe Ruth, who stars as himself. Life's Greatest Game ...
British army officers in Post-World War II Germany try to track down a wanted war criminal, who unbeknownst to them is on their cricket team. The Final Test: 1953 Drama A famed cricketer wants his rebellious son to attend his last match. Playing Away: 1987 Comedy TV film Awwal Number: 1990 Action Lagaan: 2001 Drama
Co-founder of the first black British glossy magazine, Root [19] [20] Val McCalla (died 2002), accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community; Pat McGrath (born 1965), founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
Omar Cummings, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American, former star Major League Baseball player; Leon Edwards, Jamaican-born, British mixed martial artist and UFC welterweight champion; Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-born American, former NBA star; Junior Flemmings, professional footballer
The Jamaica national rugby league team is made up of players who play in Jamaica and from UK based professional and semi professional clubs (notably in the Super League and Championship). In November 2018 for the first time ever, the Jamaica rugby league team qualified for the Rugby League World Cup after defeating the USA (16-10) & Canada (38-8).