To us as humans sports are a big part of our lives. Through sports we have done things that some wouldn’t have ever imaged being done. Sports have helped us overcome many different obstacles in life. In the 1950’s and 1960’s when racism was tearing our country apart, sports gave us the opportunity to unite as one and work together. In The Express Ernie Davis and his other black teammates had to break the barrier between the rest of the team in order for them to work together on the field to fight to win the Cotton Bowl. If it wasn’t for football and the goal of winning the Cotton Bowl, the team would have never overcome the differences between each other to work together. Outside of sports our country remained divided, but with the help
