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"No defense could zero in on Jim Brown with Ernie Davis in the backfield ... where he was nicknamed the "Elmira Express" and drew attention from some of the top colleges in the country.
It is the true story of Ernie Davis and it was recently made into a moving Hollywood movie, The Express—just released on DVD. It is a great story of struggle, racism, relationships, extreme ...
Shaquille O'Neal and his Phoenix Suns teammates rent a theater at Carousel Center to watch "The Express ... a little duped by the movie, and wonders what Ernie Davis would say.
The new film "The Express" - about Syracuse running back Ernie Davis - holds special importance ... screening of "The Express." The Star's movies editor, Robert W. Butler, spoke with Gray.
"The Express," a biopic about Davis that opens Friday ... him when she got remarried -- when Ernie was 12. His grandparents, who dote on him in the movie, did dote on him in real life.
And in "The Express," the new movie about Syracuse University's Ernie Davis -- who was signed by the Browns but tragically never played for them -- fiction creeps in, too. For instance ...
my voice mailbox was filled with callers seeking further information about the upcoming movie "The Express" about former Syracuse University football legend Ernie Davis. Bet I received more than a ...
And it's certainly not a story about the happily ever after. Ernie Davis' story is one that was not well-known to me before this movie came onto the scene. As a lifelong sports fan, it was ...
In "The Express," Rob Brown stars as Syracuse University's Ernie Davis, the first African American ... he had no problem playing football for the movie - he was a wide receiver at Amherst College.
I can't even get the words to think about it." The movie is based on the 1983 biography "Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express," by Robert C. Gallagher. Davis is played by Rob Brown, who bears an ...
This biopic focuses on the relationship of Ernie Davis (1939-1963), a gifted African-American athlete, and his coach from 1958 to 1962 at Syracuse University, Ben Schwartzwalder (1909-1993).
The green house on Lake Street where Ernie Davis grew into an Elmira ... of the 2008 Universal Pictures film "The Express," which chronicled Davis' life, at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse.