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Wild make intriguing move on Stanley Cup champion blueliner

The Minnesota Wild have signed 38-year-old Stanley Cup champion Jack Johnson to a professional tryout for his 20th NHL season ...

Before Joe Louis became an American icon, Jack Johnson shook up the nation on July 4, 1910

Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains an American icon.
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President Trump considering posthumous pardon of boxer Jack Johnson ...

Johnson’s great-great niece, Linda Haywood, has led the charge for Johnson to receive a rare posthumous pardon, according to the Associated Press. American boxer Jack Johnson is pictured circa ...
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BORN ON MARCH 31, 1878, in Galveston, Texas, the son of formerly enslaved parents, Jack Johnson would grow up to become the world heavyweight champion (1908-1915), but in so doing he also became ...
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1200-Game NHL Veteran & Stanley Cup Champion Signs With Central Division Team

Former Stanley Cup champion with the Avalanche and 1200-game veteran, Jack Johnson, has just signed a PTO with the Minnesota ...

Ex-Blackhawks Defenseman Signs PTO With Rival

Johnson was signed by the Blackhawks during the 2022 NHL off-season to a one-year, $950,000 contract. In 58 games for the ...