11/06/2019 08:19 pm ET By David Moye A high school football coach in North Carolina resigned on Sunday after posting a video on social media in which he yelled “White power!” and then added a racial slur. John Hoskins, a 32-year-old assistant coach at Knightdale High School, said he was
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02/19/2019 09:35 pm ET By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman OAKLAND, Calif. ― Former President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday about how to “be a man” and the need to combat stereotypes of masculinity that “trap” young men, specifically young men of color. “All of us have to recognize that being a man is
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Feb 01, 2019 By Ernie Suggs On the eve of Super Bowl LIII, a solitary mural to Colin Kaepernick is no more. Artist Fabian Williams, who painted the mural of Kaepernick standing next to Muhammad Ali on the side of an abandoned building on the corner of Fair Street and
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by Samara Lynn November 27, 2018 Nike has appointed John W. Rogers, the CEO and founder of Ariel Investments L.L.C. to its board of directors, according to a press release. “John brings with him a depth of financial expertise and we are pleased to welcome him to Nike’s Board of Directors,”
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Simone Biles made history by picking up her record 13th career gold medal at the world gymnastics championships when she cruised to victory in the vault final on Friday. Yet it’s the silver she captured on uneven bars that the Olympic and world champion may cherish
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By HOWARD FENDRICH Colin Kaepernick is no longer in the NFL — which, when one considers that Derek Anderson and Cody Kessler are getting snaps at quarterback, is fascinating — and the White House-driven conversation about pregame national anthems in the league largely has receded. Still, on this given Sunday,
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PAUL NEWBERRY (AP Sports Writer),The Associated Press SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Tiger Woods kept bending over in anguish, his shoulders sinking further and further, the energy ebbing as he made his way around Le Golf National for the second time Saturday. It was the body language of a tired, defeated
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By Abhinav Kini 09/26/18 AT 6:34 AM Nike is pleased with its Colin Kaepernick ad campaign as the sportswear company commented on it for the first time since its launch earlier this month. Kaepernick initially revealed he would be the face of the 30th anniversary of Nike’s “Just Do It” tagline
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DOUG FERGUSON,Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods, in his Sunday red shirt, both arms raised in victory on the 18th green. For so many years, the scene was familiar. This time, it was surreal. “I can’t believe I pulled this off,” Woods said Sunday during the trophy presentation at
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Abhinav Kini, International Business Times, Sun, Feb 12 Former world number one Andy Roddick believes Serena Williams should be regarded in the same vein as Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali as the greatest athlete of all time. Serena Williams recently won the 2017 Australian Open, beating her sister Venus Williams
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