William C. Rhoden is a writer-at-large for ESPN's The Undefeated and was an award-winning sports columnist for the New York Times. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Third and a Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback.
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From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says former Ne... SEE MORE