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There’s a scene in the 2000 football film The Replacements where the protagonist’s team is down 17-0 at the start of the second half and needs a spark to get back in the game. On the first play out of halftime, the team’s quarterback,…
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A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing the…
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In limiting Oklahoma to a season-low three runs — after it led the nation with 11.1 runs per game this season — James Madison pitcher Odicci Alexander lived up to every bit of the hype she garnered during a redshirt senior season in…
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Some things have changed beyond recognition in the sport of boxing. Yet despite these changes, there are hallmarks of the sport that doggedly remain. Boxing’s starkest mutations and mainstays will be on full display Sunday when…
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It isn’t a secret. African Americans have historically been robbed of assets through nefarious means, from predatory lending to unfair compensation rates. It’s a lot to take in. With so much trauma…
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Former NBA great Gary Payton is returning to basketball. The Hall of Fame point guard told he has agreed to a multiyear deal to become the new head basketball coach at Lincoln University back in his hometown of Oakland, California.…
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Facebook said it is suspending former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. “At the end of…
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The president of Wilberforce University announced that more than $375,000 in student debt has been wiped out for graduates of its classes of 2020 and 2021.  Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard made…
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Students Ikeria Washington and Layla Temple have the support of the local Mississippi community amidst allegations of racism. Two Black teens who earned valedictorian and salutatorian rights are…
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LOS ANGELES – Melvin Booker has offered countless words of wisdom to his son, Devin, about basketball and life. So it’s no surprise that, before the playoffs started, he visited his son’s suburban Phoenix home to give him more advice:…
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