Pride and Prejudice Is Alive and Kicking ; Proof Fans Are Not Only Ones with Passion

Liverpool Echo › July 09, 2007

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THERE are some taboos in sport which are made to be broken. Black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson had to chase Tommy Burns all the way to Sydney to land a shot at the, then exclusively white, heavyweight championship of the world. But he got there - and won.

A Catholic hadn't played for Glasgow Rangers since World War I. Then Graeme Souness became boss.

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Pride and Prejudice Is Alive and Kicking ; Proof Fans Are Not Only Ones with Passion

And equal prize-money for men and women was a step the Wimbledon authorities strenuousl...

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