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When Jackie opened the door, these men walked throughIt took 2,559 days after Jackie Robinson’s debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers for Major League Baseball to have its 42nd Black player appear in a game. Those seven years and two days saw 11 of the league’s 16 franchises integrate. The Boston Red Sox were the last to do so with Pumpsie Green in July 1959...

Masshole coach rightly canned for having players use ‘Auschwitz’ in play callsAnti-Semitism seems to be all the rage lately, as yet another idiot decided to demonstrate sheer and unimaginaginable offensiveness....

Lou Holtz Stupidly Compares College Football Games to D-Day at NormandyFormer college football coach Lou Holtz has become the latest individual to make ridiculously stupid comments about the return of college football during the coronavirus pandemic....

When The Allies Wanted A German Nuclear Scientist Dead, They Sent A Ballplayer To Kill Him

The following is an excerpt from The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb, by Sam Kean. The book is out today and can be purchased here....

Under Armour Condemned Over Iwo Jima "Band Of Ballers" Basketball Shirt

A t-shirt that appropriates the imagery of raising the flag on Iwo Jima has apparel maker Under Armour under attack....

How Monopoly Helped Win World War II

In her book The Monopolists, Mary Pilon explores the secret origins of the game Monopoly, which begin with Lizzie Magie, a forgotten feminist who patented her Landlord's Game in 1904—not, as many think, a man during the Great Depression....

The World Cup Teaches Germans How To Be Proud Of Germany

If you know anything about German soccer, even if you're a not a hardcore fan and only pay attention when the World Cup steams into town every four years and blows its piercing, un-ignorable whistle, I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the following narrative. It comes from the 2006 World Cup, whic...

When The Maple Leafs Went To War

Do you follow the RealTimeWWII Twitter account? You should. It's fascinating, educational, and often briefly frightening when you see something about invading Russians out of the corner of your eye....