Accidental Hero: Beryl Shipley, 1926-2011
The onetime coach at Southwestern Louisiana was vilified for violating NCAA rules, but the author, who grew up in Cajun country, remembers Beryl Shipley for doing something courageous: helping to integrate college basketball in the Deep South
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Sports Illustrated
Published: Apr 28, 2011
Length: 20 minutes (5,237 words)
Hang ’em High
Never, it seems, have punters been more valuable to NFL teams. So who are these guys—and why hasn’t a single punter been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
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Sports Illustrated
Published: Dec 21, 2009
Length: 20 minutes (5,198 words)