The NBA, he concedes, is more predictable: Despite that players are closer in skill—which makes it harder to call—they’re also more consistent. (For example, when a player gets “hot hands” at the college level, the variability is far more extreme than in the ...
even racist Redskins owner George Marshall had signed or drafted four black players. In 1966, the NBA had not just black players, but a black head coach, Bill Russell. But college football rosters weren't truly integrated until the 1970s. Several schools even dropped football along the...