Bryan Burwell
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Bryan Burwell is an American sportswriter and sports television personality. He currently writes for the St. Louis Post Dispatch and formerly worked as an on-air talent at 101 ESPN Radio in St. Louis. He has also been featured on ESPN
's Jim Rome is Burning
and ESPN
's The Sports Reporters
. Burwell also was a co-writer and host of a documentary on the baseball's Negro League called "The Color of Change."
Prior to 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, African-Americans were stonewalled from baseball and forced to form their own league. Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and "Cool Papa" Bell "barnstormed" their places into American history. Through the eyes of former Negro League player and manager Buck O'Neil, Burwell (HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and Inside the NFL), recounted the trials and tribulations of the baseball league built by racism and its ultimate demise. The documentary featured interviews with O'Neil, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. and for the "Color of Change
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ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's Jim Rome is Burning
Jim Rome is Burning
Jim Rome Is Burning, originally titled Rome Is Burning and often abbreviated as JRIB, is a sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome. Debuting on May 6, 2003 as Rome Is Burning, it was originally a once a week show in primetime at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday nights on ESPN...
and ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's The Sports Reporters
The Sports Reporters
The Sports Reporters is a sports talk show that airs on ESPN at 9:30 a.m. ET every Sunday morning . It is broadcast from Bristol, Connecticut at the main ESPN studios. However, before 1999, it was broadcast from a studio in Manhattan. and from 1999-2010 it was recorded at the ESPN Zone at Times...
. Burwell also was a co-writer and host of a documentary on the baseball's Negro League called "The Color of Change."
Prior to 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, African-Americans were stonewalled from baseball and forced to form their own league. Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and "Cool Papa" Bell "barnstormed" their places into American history. Through the eyes of former Negro League player and manager Buck O'Neil, Burwell (HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and Inside the NFL), recounted the trials and tribulations of the baseball league built by racism and its ultimate demise. The documentary featured interviews with O'Neil, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. and for the "Color of Change
Color of Change
Color of Change is a Web-based grassroots organization that aims to strengthen the political voice of Black America. It was formed after the events of Hurricane Katrina, a powerful storm that devastated much of the north-central Gulf Coast...
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