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Bethune-Cookman’s Vanessa Blair-Lewis Named George Mason Head Women’s Basketball Coach

After 13 years, change has come to Bethune-Cookman as long-time head women's basketball coach, Vanessa Blair-Lewis, is leaving the university to become the new...
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Hubert Davis Hired As UNC Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Big news from Chapel Hill as long-time assistant coach and Tar Heel alum, Hubert Davis, has been hired as the new head coach for...
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Anquan Boldin Helps His Hometown Get COVID-19 Vaccines

Anquan Boldin was a 3x Pro Bowl receiver with the Arizona Cardinals and a Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens. He was known...
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Racism Kicks Soccer, Valencia FC, La Liga In The Face Again

Soccer is known as the "Beautiful Game", but it faces one prominent enemy that consistently kicks it in the face. Racism. On Sunday it reared its...
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After Tennessee GOP Targets Program, ETSU Coach Resigns

In February we wrote about the situation surrounding the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) men's basketball team. Less than two months later, that situation...
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Dawn Staley Leads From The Front, Where She’s Always Been

Real basketball fans know who Dawn Staley is. NCAA Champion (2017). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer (2013). Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004). Five-time WNBA...
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Mike Woodson Returns To The Indiana Hoosiers As Head Coach

Mike Woodson has long history with basketball, but most recognize him for his time in the pros. He was an NBA player for 10...
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Georgia Needs Baseball To Hit Back Against Jim Crow Once More

In 1964, when slugger Hank Aaron heard that the Braves planned to move to Atlanta, he told a reporter, “I have lived in the...
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Gunmen In Haiti Stop Belizean Men’s Soccer Team

In one of the craziest stories we've heard in a while, the Belizean men's national soccer team was held up at gunpoint in Haiti...
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Massachusetts H.S. Football Team Caught Using Anti-Semitic Audibles

Football fans have heard some crazy audible calls, like Jared Goff's "Halle Berry" call against the Seahawks in 2018. But one high school football...
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NCAA Champion David Carr’s Wrestling Bloodline Runs Deep

While most were tuned into March Madness, college wrestling fans had their eyes on the mat. There they watched Iowa State's David Carr win...
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Racism And Sports Betting Unite To Attack E.J. Liddell And All Black Athletes

It only took two days and one upset in the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament to remind the world that Black athletes, particularly college...
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Isaiah Livers’ “#NotNCAAProperty” Shirt Tells NCAA A Change Is Gonna Come

Isaiah Livers is a senior for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. While he's currently sidelined with a foot injury, he still made a...
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Steph Curry, WNBA Players Named NAACP’s Jackie Robinson Sports Award Winners

Basketball players have been some of the most active and outspoken athletes in regards to social justice initiatives and the fight for equality. Yesterday...
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Olympic Hopeful Mystique Ro Is Becoming A Woman Like Those She Admired

When it comes to conversations on sports and society, it’s clear that women remain a marginalized group. Women athletes receive less media attention, lower...
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