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Aug 12, 2021 · But year after year, the people that make the decisions and vote who gets into the Hall of Fame consistently fumbled the ball, because when Bill Nunn Jr. was alive, he also did his job. It’s a shame that Mr. Nunn didn’t get the chance to unveil his own bust.
Jul 31, 2021 · As a sportswriter, sports editor and later managing editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, an influential Black newspaper that had a wide circulation nationally, Nunn chose a Black All-America...
Feb 17, 2021 · Bill Nunn Jr. was just elected to the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame's Class of 2021. So who was he? Keep reading.
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Jackie Robinson. Muhammad Ali. Roberto Clemente. Joe Louis. As a journalist, Nunn covered them all. He always knew how to read, study and connect with athletes. After all, he was one himself. He was a basketball player at West Virginia State who had the opportunity to sign with the Harlem Globetrotters. But he would forgo a sports career to follow ...
Nunn scrutinized the prospect standing before him, deducing Brandon Hunt’s entire backstory within seconds. “Oh, here we go,” Nunn said, donning a white Starter Steelers tracksuit and yellow Oakley shades indoors. “Another reject coming to work for us.” It was the summer of 2005 and Hunt was just beginning his scouting internship with Pittsburgh. A...
They all assumed there would be more rides. More talks. More laughs. Nunn had walked the hallways of the Steelers facility for decades, befriending and advising generations of Rooneys, personnel scouts and players. For so long, he had been the guy behind the scenes. The gravelly voice in the back of the room. And no one could picture the building w...
Aug 5, 2021 · Nunn will enter the Hall as the N.F.L. tries to address a leaguewide regression on diversity that threatens the gains he pioneered. The Hall of Fame defender Deion Sanders, now head coach at...
Grimsley said of their teammates’ accommodations: “The white members of the team meanwhile have headquartered in a Bradenton motel. This year they move into a new motel in the center of town—glistening glass and stone, wall-to-wall carpeting, private baths, television sets and a modern central dining area”
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Apr 25, 2021 · Bill Nunn Jr. was a writer for the Pittsburgh Courier used his platform to put a spotlight on HBCU football players. Later, Nunn scouted for the Steelers.
