York Times worried, "If the black man wins … his brothers will misrepresent his win to much more ... recounts a July 5, 1910 article on Johnson's win from the Los Angeles Times: "A word to the black ... Reno." Despite media efforts to downplay the significance of Johnson’s win, violence erupted around the ...
Jason Lezak was not favored to win; rather the French and their dominant sprinters were favorites. ... make the Olympic team, the second to win a gold medal. His absence from the celebratory pictures ...
