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  Dave Meggyesy and the legacy of dissent in the NFL

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  This weekend will mark Super Bowl LVII, one of the biggest events of the year for television viewership. Many of us recall that in 2016, San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick used the visibility provided by the television platform in order to protest racial injustice in the United States by taking a knee during the National Anthem during NFL games. But it’s less remembered that 50 years before Kaepernick’s protest, St. Louis Cardinals linebacker Dave Meggyesy also used the National […]

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  [Cubs salute the fans 1984]

  Cubs, Sports

  This tape includes footage from the final game of the 1984 regular season between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs thrillingly defeat the Cardinals to win the division and take the field to thank the thousands of Cubs fans in attendance at Wrigley field.