Rick Monday and (seated) Sal Bando and Joe Rudi

Through his play on the field

at the game

it was significant to have the public defend Major League Baseball’s first African-American

Blood Money and the Sporting Life

February 1947 SPORT Cover (Max and Doug Bentley, Chicago Blackhawks) Minnesota Vikings Rick Monday and (seated) SalThe February 1947 edition of the SPORT Magazine features The Bentley Brothers, Max and Doug of the Chicago Blackhawks. The Bentley Brothers would dominate 1940s hockey with both brothers winning scoring titles, while Max would win the 1945 46 Hart Trophy (the first Chicago Blackhawks player ever to accomplish that feat). SPORT Magazine, which ran from 1946 to 2000, celebrated what its editors accurately anticipated would be the coming explosion of