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When Harold Varner III joined the controversial Saudi-funded LIV Golf last August after seven years on the PGA Tour, he vowed that he would use his newfound wealth to create opportunities in the game for youth. The 32-year-old…
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After the Denver Nuggets knocked off the Los Angeles Lakers to win the Western Conference finals, Nikola Jokic gave a shout out to his parents and equipment manager Sparky Gonzales before the team owners on national television. With…
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BOSTON – With his 2023 Miami Heat Eastern Conference finals hat tilted to the left and a white T-shirt to match, Caleb Martin bobbed his head to the beat of Rick Ross’ “The Boss” as it blared energetically in the victorious visiting…
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BOSTON — The Boston Celtics’ bizarre rollercoaster season is over. There will be no back-to-back appearances in the NBA Finals. In the coming days, Brad Stevens, the Celtics’ president of basketball operations, will make a decision…
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MIAMI – On Oct. 28, 2003, an undrafted power forward made his NBA debut in the Miami Heat’s starting lineup. Now nearly 20 years later after arriving with zero fanfare, Udonis Haslem has written one of the most amazing longevity…
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WASHINGTON — Nearly an hour into the White House ceremony honoring the LSU women’s basketball team, President Joe Biden stepped away from the teleprompter and went off script as he walked toward Angel Reese. “Later this afternoon…
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A year ago, Ran Carthon, the-then director of player personnel for the San Francisco 49ers, participated in a new NFL program intended to accelerate the rise of qualified minority employees in coaching and front-office management.…
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For half a century, Black ballplayers wanted to play in the major leagues, but they had no place for them. So they were left to form a league of their own — a league with Black owners, Black managers and Black ballplayers who rivaled…
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Africa has been known for producing legendary NBA big men such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Joel Embiid, Dikembe Mutombo, Pascal Siakam, Serge Ibaka and Manute Bol for about 40 years. What Africa isn’t known for is producing players that can…
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I never got to see Jim Brown play. Not even on television. I was a year old when Brown retired in his prime, just a season after leading my hometown Cleveland Browns to a title. But as a boy growing up fatherless and regularly…
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