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April 29, 2013
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by Damon Young onMarch 30, 2013
While the nation is fully engulfed in March Madness, Damon Young writes in a piece for Ebony that he's been reminded of why college hoops could never replace pro basketball.
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by Brett Johnson onJanuary 7, 2013
The Root Recommends: A quarterly publication that shows how the game should be covered.
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by Stacy-Ann Ellis onDecember 14, 2012
The Root Recommends: Rik Cordero and Spike Lee's documentary on guts, glory and New York-style hoops.
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by Meredith Rizzo onApril 10, 2012
The president plays basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters during the Easter Egg Roll festivities.
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by Hillary Crosley onMarch 29, 2012
Dennis Rodman's lawyers says he is broke, has a drinking problem and can’t pay his child support bills.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 20, 2012
The head of the nation's longest-running women's league talks to The Root about female role models.
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March 12, 2012
Black high school athletes from the Jim Crow era have been denied their place in history.
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Somebody should have told the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers that his nasty letter about LeBron James made him look like a jerk.
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