61.   Nonetheless, he has politely answered every question from American reporters probing his familiarity with such pivotal American black athletes as Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe.

62.   Of course, none of this would matter if all black athletes were like Grant Hill, that product of an athletic Huxtable family.

63.   One of the great Western showmen, Bill Pickett rewrote the rodeo rules at a time when black athletes were barred from most sports.

64.   Racial tensions have been running high since two white female students said they were raped by three black athletes in March.

65.   Richardson and the Black Coaches Association think that the new measures are aimed at black athletes.

66.   Small wonder then that they are also ready to believe that black athletes are deliberately framed by the government.

67.   Smith wants to bring black professional athletes into the mainstream, too.

68.   Steiner believes many black agents use race to gain an advantage with black athletes.

69.   Still, as civil rights and the growing number of black athletes in professional sports became intertwined, Smith addressed the issue when he found it.

70.   Surely America has matured enough not to visit a black athlete with the hell it rained down on Aaron.