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Joe Frazier's Fight for Greatness
Joe Frazier’s grandson is a classmate of my 10-year-old daughter’s. And yesterday she came home and wanted to talk about the boy’s sadness. The way he looked, the way he felt, the way he told her to just leave him alone. She was sad because he was sad. I told her to just give him…
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NBA All-Stars' World Tour a Terrible Idea
It’s dubbed the “World All-Star Classic,” a proposed series of six games over two weeks played on four continents. The expected headliners are Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and Amar’e Stoudemire, among the NBA’s best players and biggest stars. They’re the guys who get the max contracts and TV commercials, the sneaker lines and endorsement deals.…
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Remembering Derrick Bell
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School You would always get straight talk from professor Derrick Bell. When I was a young lawyer, barely six years out of law school, I was at a crossroads. I could stay in the U.S. Department of Justice and take a position in the criminal section…
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Finding Sly Stone, a Rock Icon, Penniless
First the newspaper article, then the movie. The Internet was abuzz Monday with a New York Post story that went viral: “. . . Today, Sly Stone — one of the greatest figures in soul-music history — is homeless, his fortune stolen by a lethal combination of excess, substance abuse and financial mismanagement. He lays…
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VIDEO: John Carlos Speaks in New Biography
A new book about iconic athlete John Carlos is on the shelves. The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World, written by John Carlos with Dave Zirin of the Nation, chronicles Carlos’ life. The man rose to fame and infamy for giving the black power salute, along with teammate Tommie Smith, during…
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Bolt Helps Jamaica Set New Record at World Track Championships
The world’s fastest man extended his speedy 6-foot frame to its fullest on Sunday in a 4×100-meter relay race and led his Jamaican team to a win in world record time. On Saturday, Usain Bolt confirmed his dominance of the sprints when he picked up a gold medal in the 200 meters at the 13th…
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With New Criteria, Black Colleges Look Better
Washington Monthly’s Ratings Reward Social Mobility “Washington Monthly released its annual college rankings this week, and black and women’s colleges are ranked next to Ivy Leagues,” NPR’s “Tell Me More” reported on Wednesday. “That’s because on this list, colleges score more points for promoting volunteer work and admitting more students with Pell Grants.” Jackson State…
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt's False Start Ends Reign
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, was disqualified in the world championships over the weekend because of a false start. Bolt broke out of the starting block early in Sunday’s 100-meter final in South Korea and was disqualified from the race, providing an abrupt end to the dominance he’s maintained in track’s biggest event since…
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Iranian Women Banned From Olympics Because of Headscarves
The Washington Post reports that the Iranian women’s soccer team has been disqualified just before a crucial qualifying match for the 2012 London Olympics because of the Islamic headscarves they wear while playing. FIFA officials concluded that the scarves the players use to cover their hair break the association’s dress code. In Iran, all women…
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Sugar Ray Leonard Says Olympic Coach Sexually Abused Him
Reuters is reporting that former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a “prominent” Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The newspaper said that Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography, The Big Fight: My Life in and Out…