I thought the forum would enjoy reading two great articles I came across about the 1970 Stanford team:
cohn.blogs.pressdemocrat.com
tomshanahan.report
The scandal at Cal, and why Stanford is better
Here is a link to my Sunday column about the academic-sports scandal at Cal Berkeley. The full text appears below. Stanford is better than Cal. Stanford may not be a better university than Cal — then again it may be better. But when it comes to dealing with its football and basketball players...
September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK - Tom Shanahan Report
Cover photo (L-R): Stanford’s all-minority backfield in 1970: Jackie Brown, Hillary Shockley and Jim Plunkett. Visit my home page, TomShanahanReport *** “History writes people out of the story. It’s our job to write them back in.” — David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. BY TOM...
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