In The Express, a sturdy new biopic of legendary Syracuse running back Ernie Davis, the real contest is waged against racism.If you don't know a thing about Davis, I won't spoil the plot for you here ...

The new film "The Express" - about Syracuse running back Ernie Davis - holds special importance for Helen T. Gray, The Kansas City Star's religion editor. She and Davis - the first black to win ...

Reviewing The Express: The Ernie Davis Story. Greg Huntoon Jun 7, 2018. I can remember the first time I watched many of the movies that I consider my favorites.

Chuck Hodes | Universal StudiosRob Brown (left), who plays Ernie Davis gets grilled by Dennis Quaid, who plays Ben Schwartzwalder in "The Express." DEARBORN, Michigan -- Playing a football coach ...

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 uncanny likeness to the former star running back, ...

In "The Express," Rob Brown stars as Syracuse University's Ernie Davis, the first African American Heisman Trophy winner, who died of leukemia a year after wining the honor in 1962. Brown, whose ...

AP file photo ERNIE DAVIS, halfback for Syracuse University, holds the Heisman Memorial Trophy prior to official presentation to him in New York City on Dec. 6, 1961. By Joe Masterleo If he was ...

Crowdpleasing and oh-so-predictable, "The Express" is a muscular movie with social conscience that portrays Ernie Davis -- the first African-American collegian to win college football's coveted ...

Rob Brown as Ernie Davis in the sports biopic 'The Express.' Ernie Davis' story doesn't need any help in the tragedy department, but as poignant as it is, it's compounded by the fact that so few ...

Lewis Stark was Ernie Davis' best friend and created his own legacy defined by his love for family, sports and his friendship with the "Express." Click here for important updates to our privacy ...

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:39 GMT — It's been nearly a half century since Ernie Davis became the first black to win the Heisman Trophy. If the story of his all-too-brief, but powerful life has ...

The Ernie Davis story — the tale of the Syracuse running back and Heisman Trophy winner who died from leukemia — is now out in theaters in the feature film, “The Express.” I had the great ...