in 1936, track star jesse owens ran in the berlin olympics, a silent protest against hitler's racist agenda. he won four gold medals. in 1967, mohammed ali almost lost anything when he refused to be drafted into the u.s. army for the vietnam war. he was stripped of his heavy weight title. the decision was overturned and he regained his championship status. 1968, the iconic image you're looking at was taken at the mexico city olympics, after finishing first and third respectively, two sprinters each raised a single fist as they stood on the winner's podium. both men were booed in the moment, kicked out of the olympic village and suspended from u.s. track and field for raising that you aeir fists. sound familiar? four years ago colin kaepernick took a knee against this very

he played jesse owen. he was in "21 bridges" so he is doing great things. >> big star. we've got something here. if this looks familiar to anybody. >> oh, wow. >> if you're interested in a galaxy far, far away, "the mandalorian" nominated for 15 emmys. i love this show. my daughter and i really got into it this year and another season is coming out, so, you know, there's my girl right there wearing the baby -- making noises, i'm sorry, it's a little distracting here. but, yes, another season is coming out later in the year, of course, baby yoda was introduced to all of that so perhaps some more explanation in terms of the child and its origins coming up in season two so we'll binge it again. >> all right. but some people might want to deep dive here, folks, into this year's emmys and need help from a professional. "entertainment weekly's" gerrad hall has a look at what you need. here. >> as the emmys approach there are a few shows we keep coming back to as part of our award coverage that you should binge before the trophies are handed out. hbo's "watchmen" scored 26, th

last week words and anniversary when jesse owens won four gold medals at the olympics in 1936. this is in the book and one of the most powerful photos in history. in berlin, hitler is watching this happen all for a medals awarded to the black american. this is wonderful. this is an amazing moment and sporting history. it was massively undermined if you years later when jesse owens coach said the negro excels because he is closer to our primitive than the white man so to sprint and jump was a life-and-death matter in the jungle that is a racist thing to say by his own coach. this was in the thirties and fifties and in the modern era overt racism we are less racist and may have been that is still present in the way we talk about the physicality of black athletes so the end of the 20th century in atlanta in 1996 this is my favorite athlete of all time. i adored him when i was growing up and i continue to adore him as he is an elder statesman of athletics and a commentator. in the 2012 olympics here in london he is a common tenter for the bbc and there is a documentary about him du

it was on this day under an ominous background that american jesse owens won the fourth of his gold medalsmpics in berlin. he 100 mothers, the 200, the long jump, and the 4 by 100 relay. that's this day in sports august 9th. >>> and i guess you'll take a major league home run any way you can get one. nick solack with the high fly ball. flips the ball out of his glove, and over the fence for the home run. they will probably never give ll would be the guy looking for a place to hide. >> yeah. >> oh, yeah, that's rough. [ laughter ] >> all right, joe, thank you. >>> and next at 11:00. >>> my dad was a tough man, and he fought for a while for us to be, as long as he could. >> a sergeant at san quentin has lost his battle with the coronavirus, becoming the latest victim of california's largest outbreak. polanco, sergeant gilbert polanco was diagnosed in june as the coronavirus was sweeping through san quentin prison. good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> he was among the two dozen prison workers who tested positive, but today he became the first employee to d

jesse owens it was an african-american beat the crap out of all the nazis on the ground there was 1968 john carlos and tommie smith shocked the world in mexico city with that which you're looking at right there it was amazing what an iconic moment that was and we you know even as a kid i remember looking at the screen going really wow and then came muhammad ali he said he was going to go to vietnam at the vietnamese have never called him the word why should he go kill over shoot him. he went to jail more recently there was calling capper nick and his famous nero which cost him his career and millions of dollars. but now something different is taking place just in the last couple of nights i don't know if you guys have had a chance to watch the n.b.a. but the n.b.a. is actually embracing as the league everybody black white the owners the coaches all the players and the league to gather embracing black lives matter. joining us now the host of politicking and my colleague larry king to talk a little bit about what's going on larry i mean it's a gets an interesting perspective the way this