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Breaking the Color Line: 1940 to 1946

By Library of Congress

In 1945, the Jim Crow policies of baseball changed forever when Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs agreed to a contract that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947.

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Brain games: how athletes' minds work

Elite athletes don't just jump higher and run faster—they think differently, too.

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Ben Rattray, Ross Cunnington, Damian Farrow
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The Brain: Why Athletes Are Geniuses

Neuroscientists have found several ways in which the brains of top-notch athletes seem to function better than those of regular folks.

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Carl Zimmer
2010
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