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WNBA gets highest marks among pro sports leagues on gender, racial hiring
Business & Pleasure of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsThe WNBA sets the standard among sport leagues for providing opportunities regardless of race or gender, according to a study at the University of Central Florida. The league received an A+ for race and an A for gender for a......Tags: African Americans, College Sports, Sports, Major League Baseball, Basketball
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At 5-4, point guard carries sky-high dreams
Jaleesa Armstrong grew up with the sound of her three older brothers constantly bouncing their basketballs throughout the family's Englewood neighborhood home. The sound — which was different on the living room carpeting; different on the...
Tags: College Basketball, Human Accomplishments, Malcolm X, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports
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Spotlight On Who Will Hire Jason Collins
The Hartford CourantNow that Jason Collins is out as the first active male athlete in major sports to declare that he is gay, we'll have to watch if the other shoe falls out of the professional sports closet. That would be the professional basketball general manager who...Tags: Phoenix Suns, Health and Medical Professionals, Sports, Jackie Robinson, Sports Illustrated
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Acceptance of gay players will be an issue in 'jungle' of male locker room
Jason Collins did the right thing. He did the courageous thing. And he should be applauded and accepted for what he did this week. But do not for a second believe that the uniform message of approval flooding in about Collins being the first openly gay...
Tags: Amway Center, Football, Stan Van Gundy, Jackie Robinson, Same-Sex Marriage
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After 6 decades, Mom hangs up the red pen
Nearly 60 years after she first stood in front of a classroom, my mother will retire from teaching Tuesday. She began in 1954 with a freshman English section at Miami University in Ohio where she was a graduate student. She went on to teach nursery...Tags: University of Michigan, French Literature, Chicago Sky, High Schools, Basketball
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DePaul women overcome rash of injuries to earn 10th straight NCAA berth
The injury issues began early for the DePaul women's basketball team.
Senior forward Taylor Pikes, the Big East sixth man of the year in 2011, had not recovered enough from a knee injury in the NCAA tournament last March and subsequent surgery to be...Tags: South Florida Bulls, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, DePaul Blue Demons
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Digest: Rutgers offers Eddie Jordan head coach job
Men's College Basketball Rutgers offers Eddie Jordan head coach job Rutgers has offered its head coaching job to Eddie Jordan and the two sides are in negotiations, according to a report. The Scarlet Knights are looking to replace Mike Rice, who...Tags: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Under Armour Inc., Basketball, Ticketmaster
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Digest: Jockey McCarthy breaks tibia, is out 8-10 weeks
Horse racing Jockey McCarthy breaks tibia, out 8-10 weeks Apprentice rider Trevor McCarthy will miss eight to 10 weeks with a broken left tibia, according to his agent, Scott Silver. McCarthy was injured Thursday morning at Laurel Park during training...Tags: ESPN2 (tv network), ESPNU (tv network), American Football Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Soccer
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Too many hasty decisions with NBA awards
Yes, it is time for the yearly one-word rant now that the NBA has bestowed all of its annual individual awards: Why? Actually, more to the point, the issue should be: When? As much as anything, it is the Coach of the Year balloting, or,...
Tags: David Stern, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, Tony Allen, Joakim Noah
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Josh Johnson (baseball), Jason Giambi, Andy Lee, Russell Martin, Robinson Cano
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Vanessa Nygaard is girls' basketball coach of the year
Two weeks before official practice started in November, L.A. Windward first-year girls’ basketball Coach Vanessa Nygaard gave birth to twins. Talk about time-management issues. Nygaard not only balanced being a new mother with her coaching duties,...Tags: Sports, Basketball
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Ebert grew more inspirational with age
A number that jumps out from the coverage of Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert's death Thursday at age 70: 306. That's the number of movie reviews he wrote last year, according to what turned out to be the final entry on his blog Tuesday. "The most of...
Tags: Mark Cuban, Gun Control, Roger Ebert, Same-Sex Marriage, The End (movie)
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