Claim: Sam Lacy, a sports journalist, broke his first big story by reporting on the true racial origins of athlete Wilmeth Sidat-Singh.
Evidence: Samuel Harold "Sam" Lacy (October 23, 1903 – May 8, 2003) was an African-American and Native American sportswriter, reporter, columnist, editor, and television/radio commentator who worked in the sports journalism field for parts of nine decades. In October 1937, Lacy broke his first major story when he reported the true racial origins of multi-sport athlete Wilmeth Sidat-Singh.