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A legend that began in Manhasset Football, lax star Jim Brown dies at 87 BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Jim Brown, who began a career on the fields of Manhasset that would lead him to acclaim as one of the greatest football players and then go on to become a movie actor and civil rights activist, died Thursday in his Los Angeles home. He was 87. His wife, Monique, announced Brown’s passing in an Instagram post on Friday afternoon. “To the world, he was an activist, actor, and football star,” Monique said. “To PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. LACROSSE HALL OF FAME our family, he was a loving and wonderful husband, father, and grandfather.” Manhasset’s Jim Brown (right, leaning down) is considered the best football and best lacrosse player ever Brown’s former NFL team, the Cleveland Browns, paid tribute to the by many experts.
former star on social media. “It’s impossible to describe the profound love and gratitude we feel for having the opportunity to be a small piece of Jim’s incredible life and legacy,” the team said in a statement on Twitter. “We mourn his passing, but celebrate the indelible light he brought to the world.” Brown moved to Great Neck with his teenage mother before moving to Manhasset where he played five sports during the early 1950s, earning 13 varsity letters. In 2013, Brown was honored in Manhasset as an Allstate “Hometown Hall of Famer” and as the namesake of the newly-reopened multi-purpose field Continued on Page 43
Manhasset must have mascot plan by ‘25 BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The state Education Department last week released an 11-page document providing additional guidelines for public school districts that need to change their Native American mascots, team names and logos. The release comes after New York’s Board of Regents unanimously voted to
ban the use of Native American mascots, team names, logos and depictions April 18. The resolution means affected districts–including Manhasset and Sewanhaka–are required to “identify a plan to eliminate all use of the prohibited name, work, or mascot within a reasonable time, which shall be by no later than the end of the 2024-25 school year,” accord-
ing to officials. Districts that do not make necessary changes according to the guidelines may have state aid withheld, which the State Department called a “last resort.” “Speaking for myself as a tribal leader and as an indigenous person, the message that is being sent by this is that we’re not a symbol, we’re not a mascot, we’re not history,” said Germain Smith,
secretary for the Shinnecock Indian Nation General Council, in a statement. “We’re real people that are still here and still exist” Districts must submit applications for capital construction projects, which can be funded through building aid from the state, the memo said. Extensions may be granted for districts that are unable to eliminate Na-
tive American names, mascots or logos by the June 30, 2025 deadline from the state “upon a showing of good cause,” which the state defined as approximately 75% of necessary work already completed to adhere to the guidelines. “Although rebranding might not be easy for communities, the harm that the continued use of team names, mascots, Continued on Page 48
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