By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 1968, Johnson, NFL star Rosey Grier and journalist George Plimpton, apprehended Sirhan Sirhan immediately after Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed. “America lost a sports icon with the passing of Rafer Johnson,” ESPN’s Michael Eaves tweeted. “At one point, he … Continued

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