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Branson Wright is a filmmaker and freelance multimedia sports reporter.
Branson Wright
As seen in:
MSN,
MSN UK,
The Guardian,
ESPN Deportes,
Flipboard,
Yahoo Sports,
Yahoo Sports Canada,
The Denver Post,
Cleveland.com,
The Plain Dealer
and
Covers:
Baseball, football, basketball, boxing and enterprise sports stories.
Doesn't Cover:
N/A
Filmmaker. Producer of HBO's Women of Troy, King of the Block on Prime and Apple TV and the upcoming series Finding The Underdog.
Branson Wright’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a grid'It's his time': Hunter Greene joins special group as Black starting pitcher on MLB Opening Day
Andscape
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What started as a beautiful summer day in Los Angeles for Little League Baseball changed immediately when an older fan uttered a racial slur about an 8-year-old...
George Foreman changed his persona and made boxing history
Andscape
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The first iteration of George Edward Foreman was posed as the second-coming of the contemptuous former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Liston, a terror in bo...
Twenty years later, Virginia Union is still one of NCAA basketball's unique stories
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Before dropping the mic became a thing, Virginia Union senior point guard Luqman Jaaber had his moment during Midnight Madness inside Barco-Stevens Hall, the ho...
Maryland guard Shyanne Sellers is writing her own story
Andscape
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CLEVELAND - Maryland senior guard Shyanne Sellers was only seconds away from celebrating a record-setting night before an injury scare darkened the moment. As s...
Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley figures out his basketball role
Andscape
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CLEVELAND - When Cleveland Cavaliers center/forward Evan Mobley was a child, his mother Nicol Mobley was in a semi tug-of-war with her elementary school-aged so...
Rangers winger Ryan Reaves discovers the history behind the family name
The Undefeated
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There is no mistaking Ryan Reaves' toughness as one of the most feared enforcers in the National Hockey League. Neither can we deny his stance for justice in the bubble last year when the players' protest suspended play.
Ahmad Gardner helps keep No. 5 Cincinnati in College Football Playoff conversation
The Undefeated
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Allante Gardner couldn't find the right words to help dry his little brother's tears as they walked home from what was initially perceived as a successful audition. Allante, 13 at the time, had the bright idea for his 6-year-old brother Ahmad to try out for a Detroit youth league team with kids two years older because he was so dominant in his age group.
Coach Eddie George's newest challenge is returning Tennessee State to prominence
The Undefeated
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The mere thought nearly overwhelms Eddie George with emotion when he considers the meaning of Sunday's date in his college football career. "I've thought about that quite a bit," George said to The Undefeated. "It's funny how God works, right?" George was named football coach at Tennessee State in April.
'He'll always be the champ': Marvin Hagler was a throwback
The Undefeated
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With the exception of his first name, which he legally changed to "Marvelous," everything about boxing legend Marvin Hagler was a throwback, from his shaved head to his no-nonsense style of fighting. Hagler did not have the benefit of participating in the Olympics to help kick-start his professional career, unlike Sugar Ray Leonard and many others who became media darlings.
When Ali-Frazier made America choose sides
The Undefeated
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A boxing match held the collective attention of the world 50 years ago when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought for the first time. There had been previous fights that transcended the sport. The first was on July 4, 1910, between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries.
'An example of humanity': Athens County knows social awareness is nothing new for LSU quarterback...
Cleveland.com
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THE PLAINS, Ohio - A host of Athens High School students and faculty huddled in front of a livestream broadcast of the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York nearly two weeks ago. Not even a popular school dance could keep the group from this small southeast Ohio town from sliding away from the party into a nearby classroom for the anticipated announcement.
The only MLB All-Star Game that featured two African American starting pitchers
The Undefeated
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CLEVELAND - Major League Baseball will celebrate the career of New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia before Tuesday's All-Star Game. Sabathia, who will retire at the end of the year after 19 seasons, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. The pitch is symbolic in many ways.
A brutal attack on a black Heisman favorite led the NCAA to make face masks mandatory
The Undefeated
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Ten years before Syracuse running back Ernie Davis became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, Drake University's dual-threat back Johnny Bright was the first African-American Heisman front-runner. A brutal play ended his Heisman bid, forced rule changes and had an impact on the impending civil rights movement.
'Believeland' is real
The Undefeated
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Skeets Sports Bar sits on the East Side of Cleveland in a working-class neighborhood that is three blocks from Luke Easter Park - named after the former Negro League and Major League Baseball first baseman. Skeets is also three blocks south of the former music studio of LeVert, the R&B group led by Gerald LeVert, son of Eddie LeVert of the O'Jays.
Remembering Cleveland's Muhammad Ali Summit, 45 years later
Cleveland.com
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This is the story about an extraordinary meeting in downtown Cleveland on June 4, 1967, when some of the nation's best-known black athletes willing to risk their public images to support the beleaguered Ali, a lightning rod of controversy in a tumultuous time.