Accidental author. Devotee of heroes' forgotten stories. Tulane PhD.
Joined November 2022
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19 Nov 2022
On a mission to get the 1965 AFL All-Stars some long-overdue recognition for their impact in #NewOrleans. Hoping someone like @Saints, @NFL, or @ProFootballHOF can make that happen!
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14 Feb 2025
TU Center for Sport. Week of Super Bowl LIX. Honoring Hall of Famers Bobby Bell and Ron Mix for their roles in the 1965 AFL All-Star boycott that paved the way for the Saints. Ranks second only to the evening I married my favorite person (far left). (And, yes, I’m wearing heels.)
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13 Feb 2025
Very cool souvenir from Bobby Bell. (I had to promise not to sell it on Ebay.)
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10 Feb 2025
Here is a starstruck author with Bobby Bell and Ron Mix for our panel at the Tulane Center for Sport last week, discussing the 1965 AFL All-Star boycott and the powerful role of football in civil rights. Best part: the standing ovation for these two Hall of Famers at the end!
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Erin Grayson Sapp retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Join us Monday, Feb. 3rd for Moving The Chains: A Discussion On The Influence of Sport in Society. 🏈
NFL Hall of Famers Bobby Bell & Ron Mix and author @GraySapp will lead a discussion on how sports can break down barriers and unite people.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/mtcpanel25
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16 Jan 2025
60 years ago today: the 1965 AFL All-Star game, relocated from New Orleans to Houston by player boycott. A sloppy game. 7 turnovers (2 on the same play). 5 missed field goals. 7 total rushing yards for the East. Lopsided score of 38-14... But a clinic in civil rights activism.
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11 Jan 2025
55 years ago today: Super Bowl IV at Tulane Stadium, Chiefs v. Vikings. The historian in me still kinda wants to see a rematch when New Orleans hosts again in four weeks.
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10 Jan 2025
Today is the 60th anniversary of the AFL All-Star walkout in New Orleans, and I couldn’t be happier to announce a Feb. 3 event at the Tulane Center for Sport, hosting Hall of Famers Bobby Bell and Ron Mix in a conversation about the 1965 boycott and the power of athletics.
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10 Jan 2025
60 years ago today: the AFL All-Stars boycotted New Orleans to protest racial discrimination. Launching a surge in civil rights progress, locals soon earned their own pro team through civic unity, and the Saints fanbase was born as the one-of-a-kind force that it remains today.
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Erin Grayson Sapp retweeted
3 Jan 2025
Today and every day we are NOLA Strong! 💚
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6 Dec 2024
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Saints fullback Jim Taylor powers over behind center Joe Wendryhoski in 1967 season opener at Tulane Stadium. That's Ram Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen at the left.
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4 Dec 2024
BOTD in 1922 in Guadalajara, Mexico: the Saints' first HC, Tom Fears
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Erin Grayson Sapp retweeted
2 Dec 2024
Willie Brown
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3 Nov 2024
Dub Jones, NFL’s Oldest Player Who Transferred From LSU To Tulane, Dies At Age 99: tigerrag.com/dub-jones-one-o…
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1 Nov 2024
OTD (All Saints' Day) in 1966, Pete Rozelle announced at the Pontchartrain Hotel that New Orleans had been awarded the NFL's 16th team.
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15 Oct 2024
Looking at the NFL standings right now—as a historian—I can’t help but like the idea of New Orleans hosting its 11th Super Bowl as a rematch of its first, Chiefs-Vikings, 55 years after Super Bowl IV at Tulane Stadium.
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