Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley, the young assistant to boxing promoter P.J. "Paddy" Carroll. Curley and Carroll arranged for Johnson to ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast ...

Jack Johnson had won the ... While in Paris, Johnson continued to enjoy night life and high life, but he did very little in the way of boxing. Between his 1910 defeat of Jeffries and his 1915 ...

When that first pitch happens on Friday night, California-native Jack Johnson will be behind the microphone as the voice of the Clingstones. The Clingstones’ home-opener is April 15 at the ...