Florida News: John F. Kennedy
The Kennedy White House Forced The NFL To Totally Integrate
One of JFK's major civil rights victories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5Ez2F_X_k
February is Black...
Presidents Have Impact On American Sports
The results are documented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8PMWYSjpoQ
It is President’s Day. The chief executive...
It Is Emanuel Cellar Day
Cellar should be a Hall of Famer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd9RHqkiLJk
It is Emanuel Cellar...
D.C. Stadium And The Civil Rights Movement
The bully pulpit worked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJEOdJkFVgM
Washington’s D. C. Stadium will...
Old Rivals Start The NFL’s 100th Anniversary Season
And so it starts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLZl51my_Q
It is the National Football League opener...
NFL 100: Kennedy And Cellar Helped Create The Modern NFL
The feds made the NFL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4uREGIK3U0
NFL...
How Charles K. McNeil Helped Make Football More Popular
McNeil was a smart guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7oUiAQal-Y
Let’s not pretend betting on football is a relatively new exercise. Legalized sports betting in a number of states is...
Sixty Years Ago Today, The National Football League Became Very, Very...
The Greatest Game Ever?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0TNKUQ75c&t=4s
December 28, 1958 was the day that the modern NFL started. The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants in overtime...
JFK’s Gift To The NFL Was Made Possible By Emanuel Cellar
Not every President of the United States leaves a sports legacy. But John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963, did leave one permanent impression on the sports world. He created a massive revenue stream for sports owners from television by signing The Sports Broadcast Act of 1961.
JFK’s Sports Legacy: Boosting the NFL
JFK's big contribution to $ports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYp8essm7-o&t=57s
Fifty four years today, President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin on a Dallas street. Historians are still...
