From Segregation to Super Bowl: The Untold Story of the NFL

TonyTidbit: A Black Executive Perspective · Sep 2, 2025 · 1h 6m

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In this episode of A Black Executive Perspective, host Tony Tidbit sits down with Dennis Deninger — Syracuse University professor, longtime ESPN producer, and author of The Football Game That Changed America — to unpack the evolution of the NFL and the cultural phenomenon of the Super Bowl.

From the overlooked contributions of Halley Harding in reintegrating Black players into the league, to the billion-dollar spectacle the Super Bowl has…