Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Modern Sports Heroes

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Today would have been Jackie Robinson's 103rd birthday. The breaker of baseball's color barrier is an American icon. But he faced a lot of opposition in his day, as did boxer Muhammad Ali. Boyd looks at why the two men ended up transcending the bad press, why standing up for others is usually the right move, and whether there are any sports stars today who can be the next role models.

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