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Sherman Maxwell

* Lest we forget: Sherman Maxwell

July 23, 2008

Sherman “Jocko” Maxwell, a pioneering African-American broadcaster died recently at the age of 100. Maxwell, who was believed to have been the first black sportscaster, contributed to magazines such as Baseball Digest, for which he wrote about Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball. He also wrote Thrills and Spills in Sports, a 1940 book […]

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